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 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.