gtk2/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-update-icon-cache.xml

<refentry id="gtk-update-icon-cache">

<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>gtk-update-icon-cache</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
<refname>gtk-update-icon-cache</refname>
<refpurpose>Icon theme caching utility</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>gtk-update-icon-cache</command>
<arg choice="opt">--force</arg>
<arg choice="opt">--ignore-theme-index</arg>
<arg choice="opt">--index-only</arg>
<arg choice="opt">--source<arg>name</arg></arg>
<arg choice="opt">--quiet</arg>
<arg choice="opt">--validate</arg>
<arg choice="req">iconpath</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>gtk-update-icon-cache</command> creates mmap()able cache files for
icon themes. 
</para>
<para>
It expects to be given the path to a icon theme directory containing an
<filename>index.theme</filename>, e.g. <filename>/usr/share/icons/hicolor</filename>, 
and writes a <filename>icon-theme.cache</filename> containing cached information
about the icons in the directory tree below the given directory.
</para>
<para>
GTK+ can use the cache files created by <command>gtk-update-icon-cache</command>
to avoid a lot of system call and disk seek overhead when the application starts.
Since the format of the cache files allows them to be mmap()ed shared between
multiple applications, the overall memory consumption is reduced as well.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
  <varlistentry>
    <term>--force</term>
    <term>-f</term>
    <listitem><para>Overwrite an existing cache file even if it appears to be 
         uptodate.</para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>--ignore-theme-index</term>
    <term>-t</term>
    <listitem><para>Don't check for the existence of 'index.theme' in the icon theme
     directory. Without this option, <command>gtk-update-icon-cache</command> refuses
     to create an icon cache in a directory which does not appear to be the toplevel
     directory of an icon theme. 
    </para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>--index-only</term>
    <term>-i</term>
    <listitem><para>Don't include image data in the cache.
    </para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>--source</term>
    <term>-c</term>
    <listitem><para>Output a C header file declaring a constant 
     <replaceable>name</replaceable> with the contents of the icon 
     cache.</para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>--quiet</term>
    <term>-q</term>
    <listitem><para>Turn off verbose output. 
    </para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>--validate</term>
    <term>-v</term>
    <listitem><para>Validate existing icon cache.
    </para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
<para>
None known yet.
</para>
</refsect1>

</refentry>