update-mime-database(1) [suse man page]

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 ] 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.

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)

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)