---
name: "update-profile-cache"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "desktop-profiles"
version: "1.4.30"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-profile-cache"
---

# update-profile-cache(1)

(re)generate profile assignment cache

## NAME

update-profile-cache - (re)generate profile assignment cache

## SYNOPSIS

update-profile-cache

## DESCRIPTION

Running this script (re)generates the cache of profile assignments used by desktop-profiles. By default this script is run automatically once a day by a cron script.

- NOTE:

  No cache of assignments will be generated in cases where cache use isn't supported by desktop-profiles (at the moment caching profile assingments is only supported in the simple case when no group or command requirements are used for activation of profiles, i.e. when we have a static machine-wide profile assignment).

## FILES

/etc/desktop-profiles/\*.listing - Files containing the metadata about installed profiles

/etc/default/desktop-profiles - File containing default settings for this script

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Bart Cornelis \<cobaco@skolelinux.no\>.

## SEE ALSO

[desktop-profiles(7)](/desktop-profiles/7.md), [list-desktop-profiles(1)](/list-desktop-profiles/1.md)