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DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE
Section: User Commands (1) Updated: FREEDESKTOP.ORG Index
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NAME
desktop-file-validate - Validate desktop entry files
SYNOPSIS
desktop-file-validate [--no-hints] [--no-warn-deprecated] [--warn-kde] FILE...
DESCRIPTION
The desktop-file-validate program is a tool to validate desktop
entry files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.1.
The specification describes a file format to provide information such as
name, icon and description for an application. Such a file can then be
used as an application launcher and to display the application in the
applications menu.
For information about the Desktop Entry specification, see
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec.
The desktop entry files are commonly called desktop files.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
- --no-hints
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Do not output hints about things that might be improved in the desktop file.
- --no-warn-deprecated
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Do not warn about usage of deprecated items that were defined in
previous versions of the specification.
- --warn-kde
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Warn about usage of KDE extensions to the specification. This includes
the use of the KDE Desktop Entry group, of the ServiceTypes,
DocPath, Keywords, InitialPreference, Dev,
FSType, MountPoint, ReadOnly, UnmountIcon keys,
or of the Service, ServiceType and FSDevice types.
BUGS
If you find bugs in the desktop-file-validate program, please
report these on https://bugs.freedesktop.org.
SEE ALSO
desktop-file-edit(1)
desktop-file-install(1)
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