MirBSD manpage: makepsres(1)


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NAME

     makepsres - Build PostScript resource database file.

SYNOPSIS

     makepsres [ options ] directory ...

DESCRIPTION

     makepsres creates PostScript language resource database
     files. Resource database files can be used to specify the
     location of resources that are used by the font selection
     panel and other Adobe software. For a complete description
     of the resource location facilities in the Display
     PostScript system, see Appendix A and Appendix B of "Display
     PostScript Toolkit for X" in Programming the Display
     PostScript System with X.

     makepsres creates a resource database file named PSres.upr
     that contains all the resources in all the directory path
     names specified on the command line.

       If the list of directories contains - , makepsres reads
       from stdin and expects a list of directories separated by
       space, tab, or newline.

       If the list of directories is empty, it is taken to be the
       current directory.

       If all specified directories have a common initial prefix,
       makepsres extracts it as a directory prefix in the new
       resource database file.

     makepsres normally acts recursively; it looks for resource
     files in subdirectories of any specified directory. This
     behavior can be overridden with the command line option -nr.

     makepsres uses existing resource database files to assist in
     identifying files. By default, makepsres creates a new
     resource database file containing all of the following that
     apply:

       Resource files found in the directories on the command
       line.

       Resource files pointed to by the resource database files
       in the directories on the command line.

       Resource entries found in the input resource database
       files. These entries are copied if the files they specify
       still exist and are located in directories not specified
       on the command line.

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     If you run makepsres in discard mode (with the -d option),
     it does not copy resource entries from the input resource
     database files. In that case, the output file consists only
     of entries from the directories on the command line. The
     input resource database files are only used to assist in
     identifying files.

     If you run makepsres in keep mode (with the -k option), it
     includes in the output file all resource entries in the
     input resource database files, even entries for files that
     no longer exist or are located in directories specified on
     the command line.

     makepsres uses various heuristics to identify files. A file
     that is of a private resource type or that does not conform
     to the standard format for a resource file must be specified
     in one of the following ways:

       By running makepsres in interactive mode

       By preloading the file into a resource database file used
       for input

       By beginning the file with the following line:

          %!PS-Adobe-3.0 Resource-<resource-type>

OPTIONS

     -o filename
          Writes the output to the specified filename. The con-
          struction "-o -" writes to stdout. If the -o option is
          not specified, makepsres creates a PSres.upr file in
          the current directory and writes the output to that
          file.

     -f filename
          Uses information from the specified file to assist in
          resource typing. The file must be in resource database
          file format. Multiple -f options may be specified. The
          construction "-f -" uses stdin as an input file and may
          not be used if "-" is specified as a directory on the
          command line.

     -dir dirname
          Specifies that dirname is a directory. Needed only in
          rare cases when dirname is the same as a command-line
          option such as -nb.

     -d   Specifies discard mode. The resulting output file con-
          sists solely of entries from the directories on the
          command line.

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     -e   Marks the resulting PSres.upr file as exclusive.  This
          option makes the resource location library run more
          quickly since it does not have to look for other
          resource database files. It becomes necessary, however,
          to run makepsres whenever new resources are added to
          the directory, even if the resources come with their
          own resource database file.

     -i   Specifies interactive mode. In interactive mode, you
          will be queried for the resource type of any encoun-
          tered file that makepsres cannot identify.  If -i is
          not specified, makepsres assumes an unidentifiable file
          is not a resource file.

     -k   Specifies keep mode.

     -nb  If the output file already exists, do not back it up.

     -nr  Specifies nonrecursive mode. makepsres normally acts
          recursively: it looks for resource files in subdirec-
          tories of any specified directory. If -nr is used,
          makepsres does not look in subdirectories for resource
          files.

     -p   Specifies no directory prefix.  If -p is used,
          makepsres does not try to find a common directory pre-
          fix among the specified directories.

     -q   Quiet mode: ignores unidentifiable files instead of
          warning about them.

     -s   Specifies strict mode.  If -s is used, makepsres ter-
          minates with an error if it encounters a file it cannot
          identify.

EXAMPLES

     makepsres .
          Creates a resource database file that contains all the
          resources in the current directory.

     makepsres -i -o local.upr /usr/local/lib/ps/fonts
          Runs makepsres in interactive mode and creates a
          resource database file named local.upr, which contains
          all the resources in the directory
          /usr/local/lib/ps/fonts.

SEE ALSO

     Programming the Display PostScript System with X (Addison-
     Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1993).

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AUTHOR

     Adobe Systems Incorporated

NOTES

     PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe
     Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jur-
     isdictions.

     Copyright (c) 1989-1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All
     rights reserved.

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