LOCALSEARCH-WRITEBA(1)

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💅 LOCALSEARCH-WRITEBA(1) — the LocalSearch manual, but make it make sense 🎀

okay bestie, so this is a page from the LocalSearch manual and honestly? it's giving "background service that just works so you never have to think about it." let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

localsearch-writeback-3 — the metadata writeback service. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it writes your metadata back. icon behavior. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

localsearch-writeback [OPTION...]

literally just the command and some options. no drama, no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so first things first: you are not supposed to run this yourself, bestie. 😭 localsearch-writeback gets started by its .desktop file when you log in — it's a whole main character that handles itself. that said, you can absolutely start it manually for debugging purposes, no judgment, we've all been there. 🫶

one thing though — you can not run more than one instance of this at the same time. periodt. one at a time, that's the rule. 💅

so what does it actually do? it writes RDF metadata back into files. and rn the support is limited to these three little categories:

  • XMP metadata — which covers PNG, JPEG, TIFF, MP4 and 3GPP formats 🔥
  • play lists — which covers MPEGURL, SCPLS and IRIVER formats 🎵
  • taglib supported mime types — which covers MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, FLAC and some Windows media formats 💀

that's the whole roster. slay.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -?, --help — shows you a summary of the options. the classic "wait what does this do again" button. 🙈
  • -V, --version — returns the version of this binary. identity check! ⭐
  • -d, --disable-shutdown — disables shutting down after 30 seconds of inactivity. so instead of the little nap it usually takes after 30 seconds of doing nothing, it just… stays. awake. forever. your call, bestie. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, iykyk 🧚

okay that's the whole page!! 🍓 this little masterpiece is version 3.12.0, dated 09/15/2026 — write it down, screenshot it, tattoo it, whatever you need. mwah, bye bestie 💜🎀✨

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