NAME

       zeitgeist-daemon - D-Bus interface providing a log of activities

SYNOPSIS

       zeitgeist-daemon [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       zeitgeist-daemon  is  daemon  providing  an  activity log. That is, it consists of a central database for
       events such as file usage, browser history, calendar entries, etc.

       All this information is made available to external applications which communicate  with  zeitgeist-daemon
       over D-Bus. Interested applications can request information, insert new events or delete existing events.

       Zeitgeist  is  also  capable of establishing relationships between activities. Its purpose is enabling an
       activity-aware desktop with adaptive user interfaces.

       By default, zeitgeist-daemon will also start the bundled logging application zeitgeist-datahub.

OPTIONS

       The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with options starting with two  dashes  (`--').  A
       summary of options is included below.

       --no-datahub
              Do not start zeitgeist-datahub together with this daemon.

       -r, --replace
              Replace  any  existing  Zeitgeist  instance  if there is one already running. If this option isn't
              used, zeitgeist-daemon will refuse to start if another running instance is found.

       --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
              Specifies how much information should be printed to the standard  output.   Possible  values  are:
              DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL.

       --log-file=LOG_FILE
              Specifies a file to which log output will be appended.

       -q, --quit
              Stop  a currently running Zeitgeist instance and exit. This lets Zeitgeist finish any operation it
              may currently be doing.

       -v, --version
              Shows which version of Zeitgeist is being executed.

       -h, --help
              Shows a short help message listing all supported options.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       ZEITGEIST_DATA_PATH
              Overrides the directory where user data files are placed. The default value is that of XDG's  data
              dir (usually ~/.local/share/zeitgeist).

       ZEITGEIST_DATABASE_PATH
              This  variable  lets  you  specify  an override for the filename of the main database. The default
              value is $ZEITGEIST_DATA_PATH/activity.sqlite.

       ZEITGEIST_DATABASE_BACKUP_PATH
              This variable lets you specify an override for the filename of a  possible  database  backup.  The
              default value is $ZEITGEIST_DATA_PATH/activity.sqlite.bck.

       ZEITGEIST_DISABLED_EXTENSIONS
              This  variable lets you specify comma separated list of extension names which shouldn't be loaded.
              The names are extracted from type names of the extensions, so to disable extension with type  name
              ZeitgeistDataSourceRegistry, value of the variable should be DataSourceRegistry.

SIGNALS

       SIGHUP: zeitgeist-daemon will shut itself down in a clean way.
              It  is  recommended  that system updates of Zeitgeist send this signal to all running instances of
              zeitgeist-daemon. DBus activation will make sure the updated software is  automatically  restarted
              when needed.

EXIT CODES

       0      Zeitgeist terminated normally.

       1      An unspecified error occurred.

       10     There is already a running Zeitgeist instance.

       21     Could not access the database file.

       22     The database file is locked.

SEE ALSO

       zeitgeist-datahub, gnome-activity-journal

BUGS

       Please report any bugs on https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist.

AUTHORS

       Please see the AUTHORS file bundled with this application for a complete list of contributors.

LICENSE

       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of  the  License,
       or (at your option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser  General
       Public License for more details.

       You  should  have  received  a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
       not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.