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NAME

7       update-mime-database - a program to build the Shared MIME-Info database
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SYNOPSIS

12       update-mime-database -h | -v | [ -V ] MIME-DIR
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DESCRIPTION

16       update-mime-database is a program which is responsible for updating the
17       shared  mime-info cache according to the system described in the Shared
18       MIME-Info                    Database                     specification
19       ⟨http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/shared-mime-info-spec⟩
20       from the X Desktop Group.
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OPTIONS

24       -h     Print out a command summary.
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ARGUMENTS

32       MIME-DIR
33              This is the  directory  for  which  update-mime-database  should
34              rebuild the cache. Mandatory if none of the options is provided.
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AUTHOR

38       Filip  Van  Raemdonck  (mechanix@debian.org) wrote this manpage for the
39       Debian GNU/Linux project, but it may be used by others.
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LICENCE

43       Copyright (C) 2002 Thomas Leonard.
44       You may redistribute copies of update-mime-database under the terms  of
45       the GNU General Public License.
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50Filip Van Raemdonck               26 Jul 2002          update-mime-database(1)