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kbuildsycoca4

KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)						 KDE User's Manual						  KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)

NAME

       kbuildsycoca4 - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.

SYNOPSIS

       kbuildsycoca4 [[--nosignal] | [--noincremental] | [--checkstamps] | [--nocheckfiles] | [--global] | [--menutest] | [--track menu-id] |
		     [--help] | [--help-qt] | [--help-kde] | [--help-all] | [--author] | [-v, --version] | [--license]]

DESCRIPTION

       kbuildsycoca4, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the proper operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .xml, and
       .protocol files to construct a binary database.

       KDE itself accesses this database during operation to provide configuration information a program needs to run.

       This tool is part of ksycoca4, which stands for KDE System Configuration Cache

OPTIONS

       --nosignal
	   Do not signal applications to update

       --noincremental
	   Disable incremental update, re-read everything

       --checkstamps
	   Check file timestamps

       --nocheckfiles
	   Disable checking files (dangerous)

       --global
	   Create global database

       --menutest
	   Perform menu generation test run only

       --track menu-id
	   Track menu id for debug purposes

       --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

       -v , --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 kbuildsycoca4

FILES

       /var/tmp/kde-$USER/ksycoca4
	   The default directory where the cache files are stored.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       $KDEDIRS
	   Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations

       $KDESYCOCA
	   Specifies the path to the sycoca database file

SEE ALSO

       kdeinit4

BUGS

       There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org[1] to report them.

AUTHOR

       Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>
	   Author.

NOTES

	1. bugs.kde.org
	   http://bugs.kde.org

1.1 (KDE 4.4)							    2010-01-04							  KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)

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