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.\"     Title: localsearch-writeback-3
.\"    Author: The LocalSearch developers
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.\"      Date: 09/01/2026
.\"    Manual: LocalSearch manual
.\"    Source: \ \& 3.11.2
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "LOCALSEARCH\-WRITEBA" "1" "09/01/2026" "\ \& 3\&.11\&.2" "LocalSearch manual"
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.SH "NAME"
localsearch-writeback-3 \- Metadata writeback service\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBlocalsearch\-writeback\fR [\fIOPTION\fR\&...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBlocalsearch\-writeback\fR is not supposed to be run by the user since it is started by its \&.desktop file when the user logs in\&. It can also be started manually of course for debugging purposes\&. You can not run more than one instance of this at the same time\&.
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\fBlocalsearch\-writeback\fR writes RDF metadata back into files\&. Currently support is limited to XMP metadata (which covers PNG, JPEG, TIFF, MP4 and 3GPP formats), play lists (which covers MPEGURL, SCPLS and IRIVER formats) and taglib supported mime types (which covers MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, FLAC and some Windows media formats)\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-?, \-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show summary of options\&.
.RE
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\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Returns the version of this binary\&.
.RE
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\fB\-d, \-\-disable\-shutdown\fR
.RS 4
Disable shutting down after 30 seconds of inactivity\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBlocalsearch\-3\fR(1)\&. \fBlocalsearch\-extract\fR(1)\&.