kbuildsycoca4 - Man Page
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