KBUILDSYCOCA6(8)

💖 KBUILDSYCOCA6 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to kbuildsycoca6 — it's the KDE Frameworks: KService girlie that rebuilds the whole desktop file system configuration cache. she's the backbone, the main character, the one holding it all together fr fr 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kbuildsycoca6 [OPTIONS...]

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does she actually do? she builds a binary cache of all the data chillin' in .desktop files and MIME type .xml files — you know, the stuff the KService framework uses to go find plugins, applications and other services. 🦋

the KService library then uses this database to serve up the info that gets requested of it, efficiently, no cap. ⚡

now here's the thing: you do not normally need to run this application directly. KService will run it for you whenever it needs to — specifically, whenever any of the files whose data is cached get changed. she just appears. iconic behaviour honestly. 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --global — ignores any user-set files (the ones in XDG_DATA_HOME). currently this is only supported on UNIX® systems, so if you're not on one… yeah. 🙈
• --noincremental — instead of grabbing the existing cache and only updating the stuff that changed or got added, she starts from a completely empty cache. fresh slate energy. this one is ignored if --global is set.
• --menutest — tests the generation of the application menu database. does not actually build the cache, it's just a lil rehearsal. 🎭
• --testmode — uses the QStandardPaths "test mode" so you don't mess with user data. this is intended for use with unit tests, periodt. 🧪
• --track menu-id — tracks a menu ID for debugging purposes. 🔍
• --author — shows author information. 💖
• --license — shows license information. 📜
• -h, --help — shows a brief help text. 🆘
• -v , --version — shows version information. ⭐

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🗂️ FILES 🗂️

• cachedir/ksycoca6_[lang]_[sha1-of-dirs] — the KService cache that kbuildsycoca6 generates. on UNIX® systems, cachedir is typically XDG_CACHE_HOME. that's where she keeps her stuff. 💅

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

kded5(8), kdeinit5(8) — go read those too, iykyk. 🌈

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💀 BUGS 💀

please use KDE's bugtracker[1] to report bugs. be nice about it, she's doing her best. 🥺

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🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

• Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>
  • wrote the original documentation. 🎀
• Alex Merry <alexmerry@kde.org>
  • updated the documentation for KDE Frameworks 5. ✨

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📝 NOTES 📝

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

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and that's the whole page bestie!! no cap, you're now officially certified in kbuildsycoca6 lore. this lil masterpiece comes to you from KDE Frameworks 5.15, dated 2015-09-17 — a classic, an heirloom, a moment in time. 💜 mwah, go touch some .desktop files 🍓🧚