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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, 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 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.

SEE ALSO

       the Info entries for binutils.

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