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).