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Special Forums UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers Virus and Malware Post 302495583 by methyl on Thursday 10th of February 2011 04:23:35 PM

02-10-2011

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General answer.

Virus and Malware code can affect both unix and Linux systems. Mail and file storage systems can also relay bad code without protection. It is nowadays normal to install a robust Firewall and Malware/Virus protection on servers in addition to protecting each and every client against Malware/Viruses.

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desktop-file-validate

DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)				      General Commands Manual					  DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)

NAME

       desktop-file-validate - Validate desktop entry files

SYNOPSIS

       desktop-file-validate [--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 1.0.

       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-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 FSDe-
	      vice 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)

								  FREEDESKTOP.ORG					  DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)