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update-desktop-database(1)	 User Commands	    update-desktop-database(1)

NAME
       update-desktop-database - Desktop file caching utility

SYNOPSIS
       update-desktop-database [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [filepath]

DESCRIPTION
       update-desktop-database	creates cache files for desktop file MIME type
       mapping for improved MIME lookup performance.

       It expects to be given the path to a directory or directories  contain‐
       ing   a	 number	  of   application   installed	.desktop  files,  e.g.
       /usr/share/applications, and writes a mime-info.cache containing cached
       information  about  the MIME types that each application can handle. If
       no directory is provided, this utility will  use	 a  default  directory
       list  as	 specified  in	the FreeDesktop MIME specification. This cache
       file is used to avoid a lot of system call and disk seek overhead in  a
       number of applications.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -?, --help		       Show help options.

       -v, --verbose		       Turn on verbose output.

       -q, --quiet		       Do not provide any output.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       filepath		       The path to a directory or directories contain‐
			       ing a number of application installed  .desktop
			       files.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       1	Application exited with failure

FILES
       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/update-desktop-databaseThe  command-line  executable  for  the
				       application.

       /usr/share/applications	       System desktop file directory

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	      ATTRIBUTE VALUE	       │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │gnome/preferences/control-center │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface stability	     │Committed			       │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       update-mime-database(1),	  gnome-desktop-item-edit(1),	attributes(5),
       gnome-interfaces(5)

       Latest  version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide and GNOME System Admin‐
       istration Guide for your platform.

NOTES
       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.

SunOS 5.11			  31 Jan 2007	    update-desktop-database(1)

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