update-mime-database(1) - Linux man page
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 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 © 2002 Thomas Leonard.
You may redistribute copies of update-mime-database under the terms of the GNU General Public License.