MirBSD manpage: windres(1)


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NAME

     windres - manipulate Windows resources.

SYNOPSIS

     windres [options] [input-file] [output-file]

DESCRIPTION

     windres reads resources from an input file and copies them
     into an output file.  Either file may be in one of three
     formats:

     "rc"
         A text format read by the Resource Compiler.

     "res"
         A binary format generated by the Resource Compiler.

     "coff"
         A COFF object or executable.

     The exact description of these different formats is
     available in documentation from Microsoft.

     When windres converts from the "rc" format to the "res"
     format, it is acting like the Windows Resource Compiler.
     When windres converts from the "res" format to the "coff"
     format, it is acting like the Windows "CVTRES" program.

     When windres generates an "rc" file, the output is similar
     but not identical to the format expected for the input.
     When an input "rc" file refers to an external filename, an
     output "rc" file will instead include the file contents.

     If the input or output format is not specified, windres will
     guess based on the file name, or, for the input file, the
     file contents. A file with an extension of .rc will be
     treated as an "rc" file, a file with an extension of .res
     will be treated as a "res" file, and a file with an
     extension of .o or .exe will be treated as a "coff" file.

     If no output file is specified, windres will print the
     resources in "rc" format to standard output.

     The normal use is for you to write an "rc" file, use windres
     to convert it to a COFF object file, and then link the COFF
     file into your application.  This will make the resources
     described in the "rc" file available to Windows.

OPTIONS

     -i filename
     --input filename
         The name of the input file.  If this option is not used,

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         then windres will use the first non-option argument as
         the input file name.  If there are no non-option
         arguments, then windres will read from standard input.
         windres can not read a COFF file from standard input.

     -o filename
     --output filename
         The name of the output file.  If this option is not
         used, then windres will use the first non-option
         argument, after any used for the input file name, as the
         output file name.  If there is no non-option argument,
         then windres will write to standard output. windres can
         not write a COFF file to standard output.  Note, for
         compatability with rc the option -fo is also accepted,
         but its use is not recommended.

     -J format
     --input-format format
         The input format to read.  format may be res, rc, or
         coff.  If no input format is specified, windres will
         guess, as described above.

     -O format
     --output-format format
         The output format to generate.  format may be res, rc,
         or coff.  If no output format is specified, windres will
         guess, as described above.

     -F target
     --target target
         Specify the BFD format to use for a COFF file as input
         or output.  This is a BFD target name; you can use the
         --help option to see a list of supported targets.
         Normally windres will use the default format, which is
         the first one listed by the --help option.

     --preprocessor program
         When windres reads an "rc" file, it runs it through the
         C preprocessor first.  This option may be used to
         specify the preprocessor to use, including any leading
         arguments.  The default preprocessor argument is "gcc -E
         -xc-header -DRC_INVOKED".

     -I directory
     --include-dir directory
         Specify an include directory to use when reading an "rc"
         file. windres will pass this to the preprocessor as an
         -I option.  windres will also search this directory when
         looking for files named in the "rc" file.  If the
         argument passed to this command matches any of the
         supported formats (as descrived in the -J option), it
         will issue a deprecation warning, and behave just like

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         the -J option.  New programs should not use this
         behaviour.  If a directory happens to match a format,
         simple prefix it with ./ to disable the backward
         compatibility.

     -D target
     --define sym[=val]
         Specify a -D option to pass to the preprocessor when
         reading an "rc" file.

     -U target
     --undefine sym
         Specify a -U option to pass to the preprocessor when
         reading an "rc" file.

     -r  Ignored for compatibility with rc.

     -v  Enable verbose mode.  This tells you what the
         preprocessor is if you didn't specify one.

     -l val
     --language val
         Specify the default language to use when reading an "rc"
         file. val should be a hexadecimal language code.  The
         low eight bits are the language, and the high eight bits
         are the sublanguage.

     --use-temp-file
         Use a temporary file to instead of using popen to read
         the output of the preprocessor. Use this option if the
         popen implementation is buggy on the host (eg., certain
         non-English language versions of Windows 95 and Windows
         98 are known to have buggy popen where the output will
         instead go the console).

     --no-use-temp-file
         Use popen, not a temporary file, to read the output of
         the preprocessor. This is the default behaviour.

     -h
     --help
         Prints a usage summary.

     -V
     --version
         Prints the version number for windres.

     --yydebug
         If windres is compiled with "YYDEBUG" defined as 1, this
         will turn on parser debugging.

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SEE ALSO

     the Info entries for binutils.

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