KDED4
Section: KDE User's Manual (8)
Updated: 2008-11-12
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NAME
kded4 - KDE daemon - triggers Sycoca database updates when needed.
SYNOPSIS
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kded4 [--help] [Generic options] [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [--check]
DESCRIPTION
kded4 is responsible for creating the sycoca file, i.e. the binary cache of servicetypes, mimetypes, and services for a particular user.
It monitors the directories containing .desktop files. When a file is added/removed, it waits 5 seconds (in case of series of updates), and then launches kbuildsycoca.
GENERIC OPTIONS
- --author
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Show author information.
- --help
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Show help about options.
- --help-all
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Show all options.
- --help-kde
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Show KDE specific options.
- --help-qt
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Show Qt specific options.
- --license
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Show license information.
- -v --version
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Show version information
APPLICATION OPTIONS
- --check
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Check Sycoca database only once.
USAGE
If kded4 is called without parameters and is already running, it shows the message:
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KDE Daemon (kded) already running.
If kded4 is called with kded4 --check, then it updates the KDE sycoca using kbuildsycoca.
SEE ALSO
kdeoptions(7), qtoptions(7), kbuildsycoca(8)
BUGS
There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org: http://bugs.kde.org to report them.
AUTHORS
David Faure <faure@kde.org>, Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>.