Section 1 · User commands
update-mime-database.1
Package: shared-mime-info
update-mime-database
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ARGUMENTS
AUTHOR
LICENCE
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.