.TH "update-desktop-database" 1 "2008-07-04" .SH NAME update-desktop-database \- update the desktop-MIME mapping .SH SYNOPSIS .B update-desktop-database [OPTION]... [DIRECTORY]... .SH DESCRIPTION Update the desktop-MIME mappings .SH OPTIONS Usage: update-desktop-database [OPTION...] [DIRECTORY...] .B Help Options \fB\-?, --help\fR .RS Show help options .RE .B Application Options \fB\-v, --verbose\fR .RS Display more information about processing and updating progress .RE \fB\-q, --quiet\fR .RS Don't display any information about about processing and updating progress .RE .SH AUTHOR This manual page was written by Jonathan Carter