path2listing(1) [debian man page]

PATH2LISTING(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   PATH2LISTING(1)

NAME

       path2listing - script facilitating the conversion to managing gconf configuration sources with desktop-profiles

SYNOPSIS

       path2listing [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  script  takes  a single gconf path file (the systemwide one, i.e. /etc/gconf/2/path, when not told otherwise) and reads through it in
       order to create an ordered list of known configuration sources (it will recurse into  included  path  files  when  necessary).  Using  that
       ordered	list  it  will	then  create a desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file containing metadata for all known configuration sources,
       assigning a precedence value to each encountered configuration source so that:

	      a) the order of sources is the same

	      b) there is space between the precedence values of the various sources to allow for inclusion of additional profiles in the future.

	      c) all mandatory sources have a positive precedence value, and all non-mandatory sources have a negative precedence value

       In addition to generating the desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing file, this script will also replace the converted path file by one that
       assumes	that  desktop-profiles	manages  all configuration sources (NOTE: a backup copy of all changed files is made, so you can always go
       back to the previous situation).

OPTIONS

       -d,--distance

	      distance between the precedence values of each successive pair of configuration sources (defaults to 50), the idea  being  that  you
	      leave some space to insert future sources.

       -f, --file

	      path file to convert (defaults to /etc/gconf/2/path)

       -h, --help

	      display the help message

       -o, --output-file

	      file to put the generated metadata in (defaults to /etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing). If this file exists
	      a backup copy will be made prior to overwriting it.

       --no-replace-file

	      don't replace the path file we're converted with one assuming desktop-profiles manages activation

FILES

       /etc/gconf/2/path - systemwide gconf path file, default path file to convert

       /etc/desktop-profiles/desktop-profiles_path2listing.listing - default name for the file containing the generated metadata

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Bart Cornelis <cobaco@skolelinux.no>.

SEE ALSO

       desktop-profiles(7)

desktop-profiles						   May 07, 2005 						   PATH2LISTING(1)

UPDATE-DESKTOP-DATABASE(1)				      General Commands Manual					UPDATE-DESKTOP-DATABASE(1)

NAME

       update-desktop-database - Build cache database of MIME types handled by desktop files

SYNOPSIS

       update-desktop-database [-q|--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [DIRECTORY...]

DESCRIPTION

       The update-desktop-database program is a tool to build a cache database of the MIME types handled by desktop files.

       The  cache database contains the list of MIME types that can be handled by desktop files, as well as, for each MIME type, a list of desktop
       files that can handle this MIME type. This cache database ease the work of applications that need to find an application that  can  open  a
       document  of  a specific MIME type: those applications will not have to parse all the desktop files existing on the system, and can instead
       parse this cache database.

       If no DIRECTORY is specified as argument, the desktop files that will be processed are the ones installed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications.

       If both the --quiet and --verbose options are used, then --verbose will be ignored.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -q, --quiet
	      Do not display any information about processing and updating progress.

       -v, --verbose
	      Display more information about processing and updating progress.

NOTES

       If an invalid MIME type is met, it will be ignored and the creation of the cache database will continue.

       The format of the cache database is a simple desktop entry format, with a MIME Cache group, containing one key per MIME type. The key  name
       is the MIME type, and the key value is the list of desktop file that can handle this MIME type.

       The  order  of the desktop files found for a MIME type is not significant.  Therefore, an external mechanism must be used to determine what
       is the preferred desktop file for a MIME type.

EXAMPLE

       Here is a simple example of a cache database:

	       [MIME Cache]
	       application/x-shellscript=gedit.desktop;
	       text/plain=gedit.desktop;gvim.desktop;
	       video/webm=totem.desktop;

       This cache database is created with three desktop files, each containing a MimeType key:

	       gedit.desktop: MimeType=text/plain;application/x-shellscript;
	       gvim.desktop: MimeType=text/plain;
	       totem.desktop: MimeType=video/webm;

FILES

       $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications/mimeinfo.cache

	      This file is the cache database created by update-desktop-database.

BUGS

       If you find bugs in the update-desktop-database program, please report these on https://bugs.freedesktop.org.

								  FREEDESKTOP.ORG					UPDATE-DESKTOP-DATABASE(1)