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kbuildsycoca4(8)


NAME

   kbuildsycoca4 - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.

SYNOPSIS

   kbuildsycoca4 [[--nosignal] | [--noincremental] | [--checkstamps] |
                 [--nocheckfiles] | [--global] | [--menutest] |
                 [--track menu-id] | [--help] | [--help-qt] | [--help-kde]
                 | [--help-all] | [--author] | [-v, --version] |
                 [--license]]

DESCRIPTION

   kbuildsycoca4, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the proper
   operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .xml, and .protocol
   files to construct a binary database.

   KDE itself accesses this database during operation to provide
   configuration information a program needs to run.

   This tool is part of ksycoca4, which stands for KDE System
   Configuration Cache

OPTIONS

   --nosignal
       Do not signal applications to update

   --noincremental
       Disable incremental update, re-read everything

   --checkstamps
       Check file timestamps

   --nocheckfiles
       Disable checking files (dangerous)

   --global
       Create global database

   --menutest
       Perform menu generation test run only

   --track menu-id
       Track menu id for debug purposes

   --help
       Show help about options

   --help-qt
       Show Qt specific options

   --help-kde
       Show KDE specific options

   --help-all
       Show all options

   --author
       Show author information

   -v , --version
       Show version information

   --license
       Show license information

USAGE

   A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the
   following command at the prompt kbuildsycoca4

FILES

   /var/tmp/kde-$USER/ksycoca4
       The default directory where the cache files are stored.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

   $KDEDIRS
       Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations

   $KDESYCOCA
       Specifies the path to the sycoca database file

SEE ALSO

   kdeinit4

BUGS

   There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org[1] to report them.

AUTHOR

   Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>
       Author.

NOTES

    1. bugs.kde.org
       http://bugs.kde.org



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