NAME
mdutil — manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight
SYNOPSIS
mdutil [-pEsav] [-i on | off] mountPoint …
DESCRIPTION
The mdutil command is useful for managing the metadata stores for mounted volumes.
The following options are available:
-p Spotlight caches indexes of some network devices locally. This option requests that a local caches be flushed to the appro- priate network device.
-E This flag will cause each local store for the volumes indicated to be erased. The stores will be rebuilt if appropriate.
-i on | off Sets the indexing status for the provided volumes to on or off. Note that indexing may be delayed due to low disk space or other conditions.
-s Display the indexing status of the listed volumes.
-a Apply command to all volumes.
-v Print verbose information when available.
