KBUILDSYCOCA4

Section: KDE User's Manual (8)
Updated: 2010-01-04
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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

BUGS

There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org: http://bugs.kde.org to report them.

AUTHOR

Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>.