update-mime-database(1) X Desktop Group update-mime-database(1)

NAME

update-mime-database - a program to build the Shared MIME-Info
database cache

SYNOPSIS

update-mime-database -h | -v | [ -V | -n ] MIME-DIR

DESCRIPTION

update-mime-database is a program which is responsible for updating
the shared mime-info cache according to the system described in the
Shared MIME-Info Database specification
<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/shared-mime-info-spec>
from the X Desktop Group.

OPTIONS

-h Print out a command summary.

-v Print out the version information.

-V Be verbose.

-n Only update if MIME-DIR/packages/ or a file in that directory
is newer than MIME-DIR/version. This is useful for package
pre- and post-installation scripts.

ARGUMENTS

MIME-DIR
This is the directory for which update-mime-database should
rebuild the cache. Mandatory if none of the options is
provided.

AUTHOR

Filip Van Raemdonck (mechanix@debian.org) wrote this manpage for the
Debian GNU/Linux project, but it may be used by others.

LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2002 Thomas Leonard.
You may redistribute copies of update-mime-database under the terms
of the GNU General Public License.

Filip Van Raemdonck 26 Jul 2002 update-mime-database(1)