GVFS-MIME
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NAME
gvfs-mime - Get or set mime handlers
SYNOPSIS
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gvfs-mime --query {MIMETYPE}
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gvfs-mime --set {MIMETYPE} {HANDLER}
DESCRIPTION
gvfs-mime
can query information about applications that are registered to handle a mime-type, or set the default handler for a mime-type.
Gvfs obtains this information from the shared-mime-info database. The default handler is stored per-user, in the file
$XDG_DATA_HOME/applications/mimeapps.list.
MIMETYPE should be a mime-type such as text/plain or application/mbox. HANDLER should be the name of an existing desktop file such as gedit.desktop.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-h, --help
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Prints a short help text and exits.
--version
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Shows the version number and exits.
--query
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Query the handler for MIMETYPE.
--set
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Set the default handler for MIMETYPE to HANDLER.
EXIT STATUS
On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
SEE ALSO
gvfs-open(1),
m[blue]Shared MIME-Info specificationm[][1]
NOTES
- 1.
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Shared MIME-Info specification
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http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/shared-mime-info-spec
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXIT STATUS
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- SEE ALSO
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- NOTES
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