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DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
BUGS
SEE ALSO

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 1.5.

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

Do not output hints about things that might be improved in the desktop file.

--no-warn-deprecated

Do not warn about usage of deprecated items that were defined in previous versions of the specification.

--warn-kde

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.