GDK-PIXBUF-QUERY-LOADERS(1)

✨ gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders ✨

okay bestie, welcome to gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders(1) — the GdkPixbuf loader registration utility. yes that's the NAME section, we're doing this properly 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders [OPTIONS...] [MODULES..]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically? gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders goes around collecting the tea on all the loadable modules for gdk-pixbuf, then writes all that info to the default cache file location — or to stdout if that's the vibe you want.

If you call it with no arguments at all (iconic, minimal, no notes), it goes looking for modules in the gdk-pixbuf loader directory.

If you call it with arguments, it looks for the modules you named instead. those arguments can be absolute paths or relative paths, either one is fine, she's flexible 💖

Normally, the output of gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders gets written to $libdir/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache, which is exactly where gdk-pixbuf looks for it by default (it's the default spot, the main character location, the address on file 👑). But if it gets written to literally any other location, you can set the environment variable GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE to point gdk-pixbuf at that file instead. no cap.

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --update-cache — writes the output to the default cache location instead of the standard output. yep, that's the one and only option, she's lowkey a one-option wonder and honestly? respect. ✨

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

The environment variable GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR can be used to specify a different loader directory. (go off, customize your loader directory, live your truth 🫶)

The default gdk-pixbuf loader directory is LIBDIR/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/VERSION/loaders, where:

• LIBDIR is the libdir used when building gdk-pixbuf
• VERSION is the ABI version for gdk-pixbuf loaders

fr fr, that's the whole breakdown. LIBDIR comes from build time, VERSION is the loader ABI version — don't mix them up bestie 😭

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