debian man page for update-mime-database

update-mime-database(1) 					  X Desktop Group					   update-mime-database(1)

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 <http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/shared-mime-info-spec> 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.

Filip Van Raemdonck						    26 Jul 2002 					   update-mime-database(1)