---
name: "gvfsd-metadata"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gvfs"
version: "1.62.0-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gvfsd-metadata"
---

# gvfsd-metadata(1)

Metadata daemon for gvfs

## NAME

gvfsd-metadata - Metadata daemon for gvfs

## SYNOPSIS

**gvfs-metadata** \[OPTION...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**gvfsd-metadata** is a daemon acting as a write serialiser to the internal gvfs metadata storage. It is autostarted by GIO clients when they make metadata changes. Read operations are done by client-side GIO code directly, and don't require the daemon to be running.

The gvfs metadata capabilities are used by the nautilus file manager, for example.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Prints a short help text and exits.

- **--version**

  Shows the version number and exits.

- **-r**, **--replace**

  Replace the currently running instance.

## EXIT STATUS

On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

## FILES

**$XDG\_DATA\_HOME**/gvfs-metadata

The directory where the gvfs metadata database files are stored

## SEE ALSO

[**gvfs**(7)](/gvfs/7.md), [**nautilus**(1)](/nautilus/1.md)