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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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