update-mime-database - build the shared MIME_Info database cache
update-mime-database -h | -v | mime-dir
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.
The following options are supported:
-h Display a command summary.
-v Display version information
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.
Example 1: Update Shared mime-info Cache for /usr/share
example% update-mime-database /usr/share
See environ(5).
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/update-mime-database Executable to build the shared MIME_Info database cache
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE Availability SUNWgnome-vfs Interface stability Committed
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
Shared MIME info at http://www.freedesktop.org.
Original man page written by Filip Von Raemdonck (mechanix@debian.org).
Updated by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
| SunOS 5.11 | update-mime-database (1) | 6 Sep 2004 |