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
1.1 (KDE 4.4) 2010-01-04 KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)