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.\"     Title: \fBkded4\fR
.\"    Author: David Faure <faure@kde.org>
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.\"      Date: 2008-11-12
.\"    Manual: KDE User's Manual
.\"    Source: 0.01.01
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "\FBKDED4\FR" "8" "2008\-11\-12" "0.01.01" "KDE User's Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
kded4 \- KDE daemon \- triggers Sycoca database updates when needed\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBkded4\fR\ 'u
\fBkded4\fR [\-\-help] [Generic\ options] [Qt\-options] [KDE\-options] [\-\-check]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBkded4\fR
is responsible for creating the sycoca file, i\&.e\&. the binary cache of servicetypes, mimetypes, and services for a particular user\&.
.PP
It monitors the directories containing \&.desktop files\&. When a file is added/removed, it waits 5 seconds (in case of series of updates), and then launches
\fBkbuildsycoca4\fR\&.
.SH "GENERIC OPTIONS"
.PP
.PP
\fB\-\-author\fR
.RS 4
Show author information\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show help about options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-help\-all\fR
.RS 4
Show all options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-help\-kde\fR
.RS 4
Show KDE specific options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-help\-qt\fR
.RS 4
Show Qt specific options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-license\fR
.RS 4
Show license information\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v\fR \fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Show version information
.RE
.SH "APPLICATION OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-\-check\fR
.RS 4
Check Sycoca database only once\&.
.RE
.SH "USAGE"
.PP
If
\fBkded4\fR
is called without parameters and is already running, it shows the message:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
KDE Daemon (kded) already running\&.
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
If
\fBkded4\fR
is called with
\fBkded4 \-\-check\fR, then it updates the
KDE
sycoca using
\fBkbuildsycoca4\fR\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fIkdeoptions\fR(7),
\fIqtoptions\fR(7),
\fIkbuildsycoca4\fR(8)
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
There are probably tons of bugs\&. Use
\m[blue]\fBbugs\&.kde\&.org\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
to report them\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBDavid Faure\fR <\&faure@kde\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.PP
\fBWaldo Bastian\fR <\&bastian@kde\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
bugs.kde.org
.RS 4
\%http://bugs.kde.org
.RE
