desktop-file-validate

DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)                              DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)



NAME
       desktop-file-validate - validate a .desktop file

SYNOPSIS
       desktop-file-validate file

DESCRIPTION
       desktop-file-validate  is a tool to validate .desktop files to the Free
       Desktop specification at http://www.freedesktop.org/. It will list  any
       errors  if  the  file does not match the specification, and warnings if
       the file uses deprecated features.

OPTIONS
        --warn-kde
              Warn about usage of KDE extensions to the specification.

        --no-warn-deprecated
              Do not warn about usage of deprecated items.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Ross Burton , for  the
       Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).



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