resmerger(1) [osx man page]
RESMERGER(1) BSD General Commands Manual RESMERGER(1) NAME
/usr/bin/ResMerger -- Merges resource forks or files into one resource file SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/ResMerger [-fileCreator <fileCreator>] [-fileType <fileType>] [-[a]ppend] [-srcIs RSRC | DF] [-dstIs RSRC | DF] file ... -o <dest-file> DESCRIPTION
The /usr/bin/ResMerger command merges the Carbon Resource Manager resource data in multiple files into a single file. The output file may be one of the input files. The /usr/bin/ResMerger command takes the following flags and arguments: -fileCreator <fileCreator> Sets the HFS creator type of the output file. The default is '????'. -fileType <fileType> Sets the HFS file type of the output file. The default is '????'. -[a]ppend Append to output file, rather than overwriting it. -srcIs RSRC | DF The fork in which to look for resources in the input file(s). The default is the data fork (DF). -dstIs RSRC | DF The fork in which to write resources in the output file. The default is the data fork (DF). -skip <type> Specifies resource type to skip during the resource merge. May be used multiple times, to specify multiple resource types to skip. file Specifies one or more input files. Note that as there is only one srcIs flag, the input files must be homogenous, that is, the resources must be in the same fork of all input files. -o <dest-file> Specifies the output file. If the fork designated by -dstIs exists, it is overwritten unless the -a flag is provided; if it does not exist, it is created. SEE ALSO
Rez(1), DeRez(1), RezWack(1), UnRezWack(1), SplitForks(1) Mac OS X April 12, 2004 Mac OS X
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DeRez(1) General Commands Manual DeRez(1) NAME
DeRez - decompiles resources SYNTAX
DeRez resourceFile [ typeDeclFile1 [ typeDeclFile2 ] ... ] [ -c[ompatible] ] [ -d[efine] macro [ = data ] ] [ -e[scape] ] [ -i directoryPath ] [ -is[ysroot] sdkPath ] [ -m[axstringsize] n ] [ -noResolve ] [ -only typeExpr [ (idExpr1 [:idExpr2 ] | resourceName) ] ] [ -only type ] [ -p ] [ -rd ] [ -script Roman | Japanese | Korean | SimpChinese | TradChinese ] [ -s[kip] typeExpr [ (idExpr1 [:idExpr2 ] | resourceName) ] ] [ -s[kip] type ] [ -u[ndef] macro ] [ -useDF ] DESCRIPTION
The DeRez tool decompiles the resource fork of resourceFile according to the type declarations supplied by the type declaration files. The resource description produced by this decompilation contains the resource definitions (resource and data statements) associated with these type declarations. If for some reason it cannot reproduce the appropriate resource statements, DeRez generates hexadecimal data statements instead. A type declaration file is a file of type declarations used by the resource compiler, Rez. The type declarations for the standard Macintosh resources are contained in the Carbon.r resource header file, contained in the Carbon framework. You may use the ${RIncludes} shell environment variable to define a default path to resource header files. If you do not specify any type declaration files, DeRez produces data statements in hexadecimal form. This same process works backward to recompile the resource fork. If you use the output of DeRez and the appropriate type declaration files as input to Rez, it produces the original resource fork of resourceFile. INPUT
An input file containing resources in its resource fork. DeRez does not read standard input. You can also specify resource description files containing type declarations. For each type declaration file on the command line, DeRez applies the following search rules: 1. DeRez tries to open the file with the name specified as is. 2. If rule 1 fails and the filename contains no colons or begins with a colon, DeRez appends the filename to each of the pathnames specified by the {RIncludes} environment variable and tries to open the file. OUTPUT
Standard output. DeRez writes a resource description to standard output consisting of resource and data statements that can be understood by Rez. If you omit the typeDeclFile1 [ typeDeclFile2 ]... parameter, DeRez generates hexadecimal data statements instead. Errors and warnings are written to diagnostic output. ALIAS RESOLUTION
This command resolves Finder aliases on all input file specifications. Finder aliases are also resolved in the pathnames of any files included by specified resource definition files. You can optionally suppress the resolution of leaf aliases for the input resource file (with the -noResolve option). STATUS
DeRez can return the following status codes: 0 no errors 1 error in parameters 2 syntax error in resourceFile 3 I/O or program error PARAMETERS
resourceFile Specifies a file containing the resource fork to be decompiled. typeDeclFile1 [ typeDeclFile2 ]... Specifies one or more files containing type declarations. These type declarations are the templates associated with the information in the resource description. In addition to using those in the ${RIncludes} folder, you can also specify your own type declaration files. Note The DeRez tool ignores any include (but not #include), read, data, change, delete, and resource statements found in these files. However, it still checks these statements for correct syntax. OPTIONS
-c[ompatible] Generates output that is backward-compatible with Rez 1.0. -d[efine] macro [ = data ] Defines the macro variable macro as having the value data. You can use this option more than once on a command line. macro Specifies the macro variable to be defined. data Specifies the value of macro. This is the same as writing #define macro [ data ] at the beginning of the resource file. If you do not specify data, DeRez sets the value of data to the null string. Note that this still defines the macro. -e[scape] Prints characters that are normally escaped, such as xff, as extended Macintosh characters. By default, characters with values between $20 and $FF are printed as Macintosh characters. With this option, however, DeRez prints all characters (except null, newline, tab, backspace, form feed, vertical tab, and rubout) as characters, not as escape sequences. Note Not all fonts have all the characters defined. -i directoryPath Specifies the directory to search for #include files. You may specify this option more than once. Directory paths are searched in the order in which they appear on the command line. -is[ysroot] sdkPath Specifies the system SDK in which to search for include files and frameworks. If omitted, the system root ("/") is assumed. -m[axstringsize] n Sets the maximum output string width to n, where n must be in the range 2-120. -noResolve Suppresses leaf alias resolution of the file or pathname for the input resource file thus allowing the resource fork of a Finder alias file to be decompiled. Finder aliases are still resolved on all resource definition file paths and on any files they may include. -only typeExpr [ (idExpr1[:idExpr2] | resourceName) ] Reads only resources of the type indicated by typeExpr. An ID (idExpr1), range of IDs (idExpr1:idExpr2), or resource name can also be supplied to further specify which resources to read. If you provide this additional information, DeRez reads only the specified resources. This option can be repeated multiple times. Note that this option cannot be specified in conjunction with the -skip option. Note The typeExpr parameter is an expression and must be enclosed in single quotation marks. If you also specify an ID, range of IDs, or resource name, you must place double quotation marks around the entire option parameter, as in these examples: -only "'MENU' (1:128)" -only "'MENU' ("'"Edit"'")" -only type Reads only resources of the specified type. It is not necessary to place quotation marks around the type as long as it starts with a letter and contains no spaces or special characters. For example, this specification doesn't require quotation marks: -only MENU Escape characters are not allowed. This option can be repeated multiple times. -p Writes progress and summary information to standard output. -rd Suppresses warning messages emitted when a resource type is redeclared. -script Roman | Japanese | Korean | SimpChinese | TradChinese Enables the recognition of any of several 2-byte character script systems to use when compiling and decompiling files. This option insures that 2-byte characters in strings are handled as indivisible entities. The default language is Roman and specifies 1-byte character sets. -s[kip] typeExpr [ (idExpr1 [:idExpr2 ] | resourceName) ] Skips resources of the type indicated by typeExpr. For example, it is very useful to be able to skip 'CODE' resources. An ID (idExpr1), range of IDs (idExpr1:idExpr2), or resource name can also be supplied to further specify which resources to skip. If you provide this additional information, DeRez skips only the specified resources. You can repeat this option multiple times. Note that this option cannot be used in conjunction with the -only option. Note The typeExpr parameter is an expression and must be enclosed in single quotation marks. If you also specify an ID, range of IDs, or resource name, you must place double quotation marks around the entire option parameter, as in this example: -skip "'MENU' (1:128)" -skip -only "'MENU' ("'"Edit"'")" -s[kip] type Skips only resources of the specified type. It is not necessary to place quotation marks around the type as long as it starts with a letter and does not contain spaces or special characters. For example, this specification doesn't require quotation marks: -skip CODE Escape characters are not allowed. This option can be repeated multiple times. -u[ndef] macro Undefines the preset macro variable This is the same as writing #undef macro at the beginning of the resource file. This option can be repeated more than once on a command line. -useDF Reads and writes resource information from the files' data forks, instead of their resource forks. EXAMPLES
The following command line displays the 'cfrg' resources in the CarbonLib library. The type declaration for 'cfrg' resources is found in the CarbonCore.r framework umbrella resource header file. /Developer/Tools/DeRez -I /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/ /System/Library/CFMSupport/CarbonLib CarbonCore.r In the following example, DeRez decompiles the 'itl1' resource ID 0 in the data-fork-based localized resource file in the HIToolbox framework. $ export RIncludes=/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Headers/ $ /Developer/Tools/DeRez -only 'itl1' /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/ HIToolbox.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc Carbon.r -useDF SEE ALSO
Rez Mac OS X July 24, 2000 DeRez(1)