centos man page for update-mime-database

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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)
Related Man Pages
asadmin-create-mime(1as) - sunos
update-mime-database(1) - opensolaris
mime.convs(5) - redhat
update-desktop-database(1) - centos
mime.convs(5) - minix
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