KBUILDSYCOCA(8) KBUILDSYCOCA(8)
NAME
Description - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.
SYNOPSIS
kbuildsycoca [--nosignal | --incremental | --help | --help-qt | --help-kde | --help-all | --author | -v, --version | --license]
DESCRIPTION
kbuildsyscoca, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the proper operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .directory, .kim-
gio and .protocol files to constructs a binary database.
KDE itself accesses this databse during operation to provide configurational information a program needs to run.
This tool is part of ksyscoca, which stands for KDE System Configuration Cache
OPTIONS
--nosignal
Don't signal applications
--incremental
Incremental Update
--help Show help about options
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options
--help-kde
Show KDE specific options
--help-all
Show all options
--author
Show author information
--version
Show version information
--license
Show license information
USAGE
A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the following command at the prompt kbuildsyscoca
FILES
/tmp/kde-$USER/ksyscoca
...
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
$KDEDIRS
Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations
SEE ALSO
ksycoca(3), kblah(4), knogga(6)
BUGS
There are no known bugs at the time of writing.
2001-04-25 KBUILDSYCOCA(8)