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<refentry id="update-mime-database-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>update-mime-database</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">08 Nov 2007</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>update-mime-database</primary></indexterm><indexterm>

<primary>build the shared MIME_Info database cache</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="update-mime-database-1-name"><refname>update-mime-database

</refname><refpurpose>build the shared MIME_Info database cache</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="update-mime-database-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg choice="opt"><option>h</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>v</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>V</option></arg>

<arg choice="plain"><option role="nodash">mime-dir</option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para><command>&cmd;</command> updates the shared mime-info cache according

to the system described in the Shared MIME-Info Database specification from

the X Desktop Group.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow">

<varlistentry>

<term><option>h</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display a command summary.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>v</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display version information</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option>V</option></term>

<listitem><para>

Display verbose output</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>

<para>The following operands are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow">

<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>mime-dir</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>The directory for which <command>&cmd;</command> should rebuild

the cache. This option is mandatory if no other option is provided.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example">

<title>Update Shared mime-info Cache for /usr/share</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; /usr/share</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-envr"><title>&envr-tt;</title>

<para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow">

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited successfully</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited with failure</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="wide">

<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term><listitem><para>

Executable to build the shared MIME_Info database cache</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>library/gnome/gnome-vfs</para></entry></row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Committed</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>update-desktop-database</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-interfaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

<para>Latest version of the <citetitle>GNOME Desktop User Guide</citetitle>

for your platform.</para>

<para>Shared MIME info at <literal>http://www.freedesktop.org/</literal>.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="update-mime-database-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>Original man page written by Filip Von Raemdonck (mechanix@debian.org).

</para>

<para>Updated by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2007.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>