update-mime-database - Info database cache
update-mime-database -h | -v | [ -V | -n ] MIME-DIR
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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | data/shared-mime-info |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-
info-1.8.tar.xz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-
info/.
Filip Van Raemdonck 26 Jul 2002 update-mime-database(1)