update-mime-database (1) Linux Manual Page

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 [at] 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.