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update-mime-database(1) 	 X Desktop Group	 update-mime-database(1)

NAME
     update-mime-database  -  a  program  to build the Shared MIME-Info database
     cache

SYNOPSIS
     update-mime-database -h | -v | [ -V | -n ] 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.

     -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.

Filip Van Raemdonck		   26 Jul 2002		 update-mime-database(1)

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