---
name: "beagled"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "beagle"
version: "0.3.8-1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/beagled"
---

# beagled(1)

the Beagle desktop search daemon

## NAME

beagled - the Beagle desktop search daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**beagled** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**beagled,** the Beagle daemon, is the heart of Beagle, a system for searching and managing your personal information space.  The Beagle daemon should normally be started as part of user's desktop startup process.

Running **beagled** by hand is of use for those wishing to customize the Beagle daemon's execution via command-line options, developers testing Beagle, or those who use Beagle only infrequently.

## OPTIONS

- **--foreground\|--fg**

  If specified, execute the Beagle daemon in the foreground.

- **--background\|--bg**

  If specified, execute the Beagle daemon in the background (default).

- **--replace**

  If specified, the daemon tries to shutdown and replace any other Beagle daemon already running.

- **--backend**

  Configure which backends to use.

- **--backend \<name\>**

  	Only start backend 'name'

- **--backend +\<name\>**

  	Additionally start backend 'name'

- **--backend -\<name\>**

  	Disable backend 'name'

- **--list-backends**

  Retrieve a list of all known backends. This list of backends can then be used with with the --allow/deny-backend options. Using this argument will print out the list of backends and then exit.

- **--add-static-backend**

  Add a static backend by path.

- **--version**

  Show version of daemon, Mono, and Sqlite.

## ADVANCE OPTIONS

**These** options are mainly for debugging and fine-tuning execution and are thus not required for standard use.

- **--debug**

  Enable extensive logging suited for general debugging purposes.

- **--debug-memory**

  Enable mono debugging suited for extensive debugging purposes.

- **--indexing-test-mode**

   Run in foreground, and exit when fully indexed.

- **--indexing-delay**

  Time to wait before indexing.  (Default 60 seconds)

- **--disable-scheduler**

  Disable the internal scheduler and thus refrain the Beagle daemon from performing any crawling or indexing. Search facilities will remain enabled.

- **--disable-text-cache**

  Dont't cache text content of the indexed data. This option only affects data that is indexed in the current session of beagled.

## AUTHOR

Novell, Inc.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to http://bugzilla.gnome.org

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005-2007 Novell, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

[**beagle-query**(1)](/beagle-query/1.md), [**beagle-status**(1)](/beagle-status/1.md), [**beagle-shutdown**(1)](/beagle-shutdown/1.md),