DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1) User Commands DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)

NAME

desktop-file-validate - Validate desktop entry files

SYNOPSIS

desktop-file-validate [--no-hints] [--no-warn-deprecated]
[--warn-kde] FILE...

DESCRIPTION

The desktop-file-validate program is a tool to validate desktop entry
files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.5.

The specification describes a file format to provide information such
as name, icon and description for an application. Such a file can
then be used as an application launcher and to display the
application in the applications menu.

For information about the Desktop Entry specification, see
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec.

The desktop entry files are commonly called desktop files.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

--no-hints
Do not output hints about things that might be improved in the
desktop file.

--no-warn-deprecated
Do not warn about usage of deprecated items that were defined
in previous versions of the specification.

--warn-kde
Warn about usage of KDE extensions to the specification. This
includes the use of the KDE Desktop Entry group, of the
ServiceTypes, DocPath, Keywords, InitialPreference, Dev,
FSType, MountPoint, ReadOnly, UnmountIcon keys, or of the
Service, ServiceType and FSDevice types.

BUGS

If you find bugs in the desktop-file-validate program, please report
these on https://bugs.freedesktop.org.

SEE ALSO

desktop-file-edit(1) desktop-file-install(1)

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