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