gtk2/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-update-icon-cache.1

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.TH "GTK-UPDATE-ICON-CA" 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
gtk-update-icon-cache \- Icon theme caching utility
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBgtk\-update\-icon\-cache\fR [\-\-force] {iconpath}
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
 \fBgtk\-update\-icon\-cache\fR creates mmap()able cache files for icon themes\&.

.PP
If expects to be given the path to a icon theme directory, e\&.g\&. \fI/usr/share/icons/hicolor\fR, and writes a \fIicon\-theme\&.cache\fR containing cached information about the icons in the directory tree below the given directory\&.

.PP
GTK+ can use the cache files created by \fBgtk\-update\-icon\-cache\fR 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\&.

.PP
If called with the \-\-force argument, \fBgtk\-update\-icon\-cache\fR will overwrite an existing cache file even if it appears to be uptodate\&.

.SH "BUGS"

.PP
None known yet\&.