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refentry id="update-desktop-database-1">
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refmeta><
refentrytitle>update-desktop-database</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1</
manvolnum>
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refmiscinfo class="date">31 Jan 2007</
refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<
refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</
refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<
refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</
refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<
refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</
refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<
refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</
refmiscinfo>
10139N/A<
indexterm><
primary>update-desktop-database</
primary></
indexterm><
indexterm><
primary>
10139N/ADesktop file caching utility</
primary></
indexterm><
refnamediv id="update-desktop-database-1-name">
10139N/A<
refname>update-desktop-database</
refname><
refpurpose>Desktop file caching utility</
refpurpose>
10139N/A<
refsynopsisdiv id="update-desktop-database-1-synp"><
title>&synp-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
cmdsynopsis><
command>&cmd;</
command>
13701N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
option>-help</
option></
arg>
10139N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
option>-verbose</
option></
arg>
10139N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
option>-quiet</
option></
arg>
10139N/A<
arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>filepath</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-desc"><
title>&desc-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
command>&cmd;</
command> creates cache files for desktop file MIME type mapping
10139N/Afor improved MIME lookup performance.
10139N/AIt expects to be given the path to a directory or directories containing a number
10139N/Aof application installed .desktop files,
10139N/Aabout the MIME types that each application can handle. If no directory is
10139N/Aprovided, this utility will use a default directory list as specified in the
10139N/AFreeDesktop MIME specification. This cache file is used to avoid a lot of
10139N/Asystem call and disk seek overhead in a number of applications.
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-opts"><
title>&opts-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
para>The following options are supported:</
para>
10139N/A<
variablelist termlength="wide">
13701N/A<
varlistentry><
term><
option>?</
option>, <
option>-help</
option></
term>
10139N/A<
varlistentry><
term><
option>v</
option>, <
option>-verbose</
option></
term>
10139N/A<
varlistentry><
term><
option>q</
option>, <
option>-quiet</
option></
term>
11904N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-oper"><
title>&oper-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
para>The following operands are supported:</
para>
10139N/A<
variablelist termlength="medium">
10139N/A<
varlistentry><
term><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>filepath</
replaceable></
option></
term>
10139N/A<
listitem><
para>The path to a directory or directories containing a number of application
10139N/Ainstalled .desktop files.</
listitem>
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-exit"><
title>&exit-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
para>The following exit values are returned:</
para>
10139N/A<
variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><
varlistentry><
term><
returnvalue>0</
returnvalue></
term>
10139N/A<
listitem><
para>Application exited successfully</
para>
10139N/A<
varlistentry><
term><
returnvalue>1</
returnvalue></
term><
listitem><
para>Application
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-file"><
title>&file-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
para>The following files are used by this application:</
para>
10139N/A<
variablelist termlength="wide">
10139N/A</
term><
listitem><
para>The command-line executable for the application.</
para>
10139N/A</
term><
listitem><
para>System desktop file directory</
para>
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-attr"><
title>&attr-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
para>See <
olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><
citerefentry>
10139N/A<
refentrytitle>attributes</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry></
olink>
10139N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</
para>
10139N/A<
tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><
colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
10139N/A<
colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
10139N/A<
row><
entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</
entry><
entry align="center" 10139N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</
entry></
row>
10139N/A<
row><
entry colname="COLSPEC0"><
para>Interface stability</
para></
entry><
entry 10139N/Acolname="COLSPEC1"><
para>Committed</
para></
entry></
row>
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-also"><
title>&also-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<!--Reference to another man page--> 10139N/A<!--Reference to a Help manual--> 10139N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>update-mime-database</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
10139N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>gnome-desktop-item-edit</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
11904N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>attributes</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
11904N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>gnome-interfaces</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>
10139N/A<
para>Latest version of the <
citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</
citetitle> and
10139N/A<
citetitle>GNOME System Administration Guide</
citetitle> for your platform.</
para>
10139N/A<
refsect1 id="update-desktop-database-1-note"><
title>¬e-tt;</
title>
10139N/A<
para>Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.</
para>