opensolaris man page for update-mime-database

update-mime-database(1) 					   User Commands					   update-mime-database(1)

NAME
       update-mime-database - build the shared MIME_Info database cache

SYNOPSIS
       update-mime-database [-h] [-v] [-V] mime-dir

DESCRIPTION
       update-mime-database  updates  the  shared mime-info cache according to the system described in the Shared MIME-Info Database specification
       from the X Desktop Group.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -h	       Display a command summary.

       -v	       Display version information

       -V	       Display verbose output

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       mime-dir        The directory for which update-mime-database should rebuild the cache. This option is mandatory if no other option is  pro-
		       vided.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1: Update Shared mime-info Cache for /usr/share

       example% update-mime-database /usr/share

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See environ(5).

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES
       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/update-mime-database   Executable to build the shared MIME_Info database cache

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       update-desktop-database(1), attributes(5), environ(5), gnome-interfaces(5)

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       Shared MIME info at http://www.freedesktop.org/.

NOTES
       Original man page written by Filip Von Raemdonck (mechanix@debian.org).

       Updated by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2007.

SunOS 5.11							    08 Nov 2007 					   update-mime-database(1)