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 1.1.
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)