kbuildsycoca4(8)

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NAME

6       kbuildsycoca4 - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.
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SYNOPSIS

9       kbuildsycoca4 [--nosignal | --incremental | --help | --help-qt |
10                     --help-kde | --help-all | --author | -v, --version |
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DESCRIPTION

15        kbuildsycoca4, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the prop‐
16       er operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .directory, .kimgio
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20        KDE itself accesses this database during operation to provide configu‐
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24       This tool is part of ksycoca, which stands for KDE System Configuration
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OPTIONS

29       --nosignal
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USAGE

65       A  standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the follow‐
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FILES

70       /tmp/kde-$USER/ksycoca
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

75       $KDEDIRS
76              Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations
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BUGS

84       There are no known bugs at the time of writing.
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AUTHOR

88       Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>.
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