windres - manipulate Windows resources.

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binutils-2.15.97                                   2005-04-20                                         WINDRES(1)

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.

       windres - manipulate Windows resources.

-ifilename--inputfilename
           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.

       -ofilename--outputfilename
           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.

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

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

       -Ftarget--targettarget
           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.

       --preprocessorprogram
           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".

       -Idirectory--include-dirdirectory
           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.

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

       -Utarget--undefinesym
           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.

       -lval--languageval
           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.

       the Info entries for binutils.

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