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KBUILDSYCOCA4(8) KDE User's Manual KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)

NAME

kbuildsycoca4 - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.

SYNOPSIS

kbuildsycoca4 [[--nosignal] | [--noincremental] | [--checkstamps] | [--nocheckfiles] | [--global] | [--menutest] | [--track  menu-id] | [--help] | [--help-qt] | [--help-kde] | [--help-all] | [--author] | [-v, --version] | [--license]]

DESCRIPTION

kbuildsycoca4, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the proper operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .xml, and .protocol files to construct a binary database.
KDE itself accesses this database during operation to provide configuration information a program needs to run.
This tool is part of ksycoca4, which stands for KDE System Configuration Cache

OPTIONS

--nosignal
Do not signal applications to update
--noincremental
Disable incremental update, re-read everything
--checkstamps
Check file timestamps
--nocheckfiles
Disable checking files (dangerous)
--global
Create global database
--menutest
Perform menu generation test run only
--track menu-id
Track menu id for debug purposes
--help
Show help about options
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options
--help-kde
Show KDE specific options
--help-all
Show all options
--author
Show author information
-v , --version
Show version information
--license
Show license information

USAGE

A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the following command at the prompt kbuildsycoca4

FILES

/var/tmp/kde-$USER/ksycoca4
The default directory where the cache files are stored.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

$ KDEDIRS
Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations
$ KDESYCOCA
Specifies the path to the sycoca database file

SEE ALSO

kdeinit4

BUGS

There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org[1] to report them.

AUTHOR

Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>
Author.

NOTES

1.
bugs.kde.org
http://bugs.kde.org
2010-01-04 1.1 (KDE 4.4)