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.