update-mime-database - Man Page
a program to build the Shared MIME-Info database cache
Synopsis
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 from the X Desktop Group.
Options
- -h
Print out a command summary.
- -v
Print out the version information.
- -V
Be verbose.
- -n
Only update if MIME-DIR/packages/ or a file in that directory is newer than MIME-DIR/version. This is useful for package pre- and post-installation scripts.
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.