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update-mime-database(1)		 User Commands	       update-mime-database(1)

NAME
       update-mime-database - build the shared MIME_Info 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

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES
       The following files are used by this application:

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

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │library/gnome/gnome-vfs	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface stability	     │Committed			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       update-desktop-database(1),  attributes(5),  environ(5),	  gnome-inter‐
       faces(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.

SunOS 5.11			  08 Nov 2007	       update-mime-database(1)

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