Manual: desktop-file-validate

DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)			   General Commands Manual			    DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)

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 specifica‐
       tion 1.5.

       The  specification  describes a file format to provide information such as name, icon and description for an applica‐
       tion. 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.

SEE ALSO
       desktop-file-edit(1) desktop-file-install(1)

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