NAME

       kbuildsycoca5 - Rebuilds the KService desktop file system configuration cache

SYNOPSIS

       kbuildsycoca5 [OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

       kbuildsycoca5 builds binary cache of the data stored in .desktop and MIME type .xml files that the
       KService framework uses to find plugins, applications and other services.

       The KService library uses this database to efficiently provide the information requested of it.

       Users do not normally need to run this application directly; KService will run it if necessary, when any
       of the files whose data is cached are changed.

OPTIONS

       --global
           Ignores any user-set files (in XDG_DATA_HOME). This is currently only supported on UNIX® systems.

       --noincremental
           Rather than using the existing cache and only updating the information that has changed or been
           added, start with an empty cache. Ignored if --global is set.

       --nosignal
           Ordinarily, kbuildsycoca5 sends a signal over D-Bus once the cache is updated to all the applications
           that use KService so that they are always working with the latest information. This option suppresses
           that behaviour.

       --menutest
           Test the generation of the application menu database. Does not actually build the cache.

       --testmode
           Use the QStandardPaths "test mode" to avoid interfering with user data. This is intended for use with
           unit tests.

       --track menu-id
           Track a menu ID for debugging.

       --author
           Show author information.

       --license
           Show license information.

       -h, --help
           Show a brief help text.

       -v , --version
           Show version information.

FILES

       cachedir/ksycoca5_[lang]_[sha1-of-dirs]
           The KService cache generated by kbuildsycoca5. On UNIX® systems, cachedir is typically
           XDG_CACHE_HOME.

SEE ALSO

       kded5(8), kdeinit5(8)

BUGS

       Please use KDE's bugtracker[1] to report bugs.

AUTHORS

       Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>
           Wrote the original documentation.

       Alex Merry <alexmerry@kde.org>
           Updated the documentation for KDE Frameworks 5.

NOTES

        1. KDE's bugtracker
           https://bugs.kde.org

KDE Frameworks Frameworks 5.15                     2015-09-17                                   KBUILDSYCOCA5(8)