windres - manipulate Windows resources.

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binutils-2.21.1                                    2011-06-27                                         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 compatibility 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
           described 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.

       -cval--codepageval
           Specify the default codepage to use when reading an "rc" file.  val should be a hexadecimal  prefixed
           by  0x  or  decimal codepage code. The valid range is from zero up to 0xffff, but the validity of the
           codepage is host and configuration dependent.

       -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.

       @file
           Read  command-line  options  from file.  The options read are inserted in place of the original @file
           option.  If file does not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be  treated  literally,  and
           not removed.

           Options  in file are separated by whitespace.  A whitespace character may be included in an option by
           surrounding the entire option in  either  single  or  double  quotes.   Any  character  (including  a
           backslash)  may be included by prefixing the character to be included with a backslash.  The file may
           itself contain additional @file options; any such options will be processed recursively.

       the Info entries for binutils.

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