kbuildsycoca48
Rebuilds the system configuration cache.
Usage
kbuildsycoca4 [{[--nosignal] | [--noincremental] | [--checkstamps] | [--nocheckfiles] | [--global] | [--menutest] | [--track
menu-id] | [--help] | [--help-qt] | [--help-kde] | [--help-all] | [--author] | [-v,
--version] | [--license]}]
Overview
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
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--nosignal -
Do not signal applications to update
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--noincremental -
Disable incremental update, re-read everything
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--checkstamps -
Check file timestamps
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--nocheckfiles -
Disable checking files (dangerous)
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--global -
Create global database
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--track menu-id -
Track menu id for debug purposes
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--help -
Show help about options
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--help-qt -
Show Qt specific options
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--help-kde -
Show KDE specific options
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--help-all -
Show all options
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--author -
Show author information
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-v , --version -
Show version information
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--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
$KDEDIRS
Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations
$KDESYCOCA
Specifies the path to the sycoca database file
Notes
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bugs.kde.org
http://bugs.kde.org
Releases
6 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.
--checkstamps since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--global since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--menutest since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--nocheckfiles since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--noincremental since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--track since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-v since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).
--incremental until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).