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 specification 1.1.

       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 Service‐
              Types, DocPath, Keywords, InitialPreference, Dev, FSType, Mount‐
              Point, ReadOnly, UnmountIcon keys, or of the  Service,  Service‐
              Type 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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