NAME

       MDFinder - GNUstep Finder application

SYNOPSIS

       MDFinder

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the MDFinder GNUstep application.

       MDFinder  is  a  an  application  to  search  items  already indexed by the GWMetadata desktop search and
       indexing system, a GNUstep  implementation  of  MacOS  X's  proprietary  Spotlight  (or  Beagle/Tracker).
       Searches  can be saved and are automatically updated if the corresponding files change.  Indexing is done
       in the background and is switched off by default.  To enable it and configure the search  path,  use  the
       dedicated module in the SystemPreferences(1) application.

       There  are  several  accompanying  programs which normally are not intended to be invoked directly by the
       user.  Some of them run as daemons and are launched automatically.  Here is a short description:

   gmds
       This daemon is responsible for maintaining the indexing database, located at $HOME/GNUstep/Library/gmds.

   mdextractor
       Runs in the background (if indexing is turned on) and extracts file contents, updating the database.

   mdfind
       See mdfind(1).

OPTIONS

       Like most GNUstep applications, MDFinder does not support any command-line options (except  the  standard
       GNUstep ones).

SEE ALSO

       mdfind(1), SystemPreferences(1), GWorkspace(1), GNUstep(7)

AUTHORS

       MDFinder and GWMetadata were written by Enrico Sersale.

       This  manual  page  was  added  by  Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org> for the Debian distribution because the
       original program does not have one.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium  without
       royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

                                                  June 19, 2014                                      MDFinder(1)