User Commands                             update-mime-database(1)



NAME
     update-mime-database - build the shared  MIMEInfo  database
     cache

SYNOPSIS
     update-mime-database [-h] [-v] [-V] mime-dir

DESCRIPTION
     update-mime-database  updates  the  shared  mime-info  cache
     according  to  the  system described in the Shared MIME-Info
     Database specification from the X Desktop Group.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -h              Display a command summary.



     -v              Display version information



     -V              Display verbose output



OPERANDS
     The following operands are supported:

     mime-dir        The directory for which update-mime-database
                     should  rebuild  the  cache.  This option is
                     mandatory if no other option is provided.



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Update Shared mime-info Cache for /usr/share

     example% update-mime-database /usr/share

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5).

EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully







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     >0       Application exited with failure



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/update-mime-database   Executable  to   build   the
                                     shared   MIMEInfo  database
                                     cache



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-vfs               
    
     Interface stability          Committed                   
    


SEE ALSO
     update-desktop-database(1),    attributes(5),    environ(5),
     gnome-interfaces(5)

     Latest version of the GNOME  Desktop  User  Guide  for  your
     platform.

     Shared MIME info at http:/www.freedesktop.org/.

NOTES
     Original  man  page   written   by   Filip   Von   Raemdonck
     (mechanix@debian.org).

     Updated by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2007.















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