MAKEPSRES(1)MAKEPSRES(1)NAMEmakepsres - Build PostScript resource database file.
SYNOPSISmakepsres [ options ] directory ...
DESCRIPTIONmakepsres creates PostScript language resource database
files. Resource database files can be used to specify the
location of resources that are used by the font selection
panel and other Adobe software. For a complete descrip-
tion of the resource location facilities in the Display
PostScript system, see Appendix A and Appendix B of "Dis-
play PostScript Toolkit for X" in Programming the Display
PostScript System with X.
makepsres creates a resource database file named PSres.upr
that contains all the resources in all the directory path
names specified on the command line.
If the list of directories contains - , makepsres reads
from stdin and expects a list of directories separated
by space, tab, or newline.
If the list of directories is empty, it is taken to be
the current directory.
If all specified directories have a common initial pre-
fix, makepsres extracts it as a directory prefix in the
new resource database file.
makepsres normally acts recursively; it looks for resource
files in subdirectories of any specified directory. This
behavior can be overridden with the command line option
-nr.
makepsres uses existing resource database files to assist
in identifying files. By default, makepsres creates a new
resource database file containing all of the following
that apply:
Resource files found in the directories on the command
line.
Resource files pointed to by the resource database
files in the directories on the command line.
Resource entries found in the input resource database
files. These entries are copied if the files they spec-
ify still exist and are located in directories not
specified on the command line.
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If you run makepsres in discard mode (with the -d option),
it does not copy resource entries from the input resource
database files. In that case, the output file consists
only of entries from the directories on the command line.
The input resource database files are only used to assist
in identifying files.
If you run makepsres in keep mode (with the -k option), it
includes in the output file all resource entries in the
input resource database files, even entries for files that
no longer exist or are located in directories specified on
the command line.
makepsres uses various heuristics to identify files. A
file that is of a private resource type or that does not
conform to the standard format for a resource file must be
specified in one of the following ways:
By running makepsres in interactive mode
By preloading the file into a resource database file
used for input
By beginning the file with the following line:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0 Resource-<resource-type>
OPTIONS-o filename
Writes the output to the specified filename. The
construction "-o -" writes to stdout. If the -o
option is not specified, makepsres creates a
PSres.upr file in the current directory and writes
the output to that file.
-f filename
Uses information from the specified file to assist
in resource typing. The file must be in resource
database file format. Multiple -f options may be
specified. The construction "-f -" uses stdin as an
input file and may not be used if "-" is specified
as a directory on the command line.
-dir dirname
Specifies that dirname is a directory. Needed only
in rare cases when dirname is the same as a com-
mand-line option such as -nb.
-d Specifies discard mode. The resulting output file
consists solely of entries from the directories on
the command line.
-e Marks the resulting PSres.upr file as exclusive.
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This option makes the resource location library run
more quickly since it does not have to look for
other resource database files. It becomes neces-
sary, however, to run makepsres whenever new
resources are added to the directory, even if the
resources come with their own resource database
file.
-i Specifies interactive mode. In interactive mode,
you will be queried for the resource type of any
encountered file that makepsres cannot identify.
If -i is not specified, makepsres assumes an
unidentifiable file is not a resource file.
-k Specifies keep mode.
-nb If the output file already exists, do not back it
up.
-nr Specifies nonrecursive mode. makepsres normally
acts recursively: it looks for resource files in
subdirectories of any specified directory. If -nr
is used, makepsres does not look in subdirectories
for resource files.
-p Specifies no directory prefix. If -p is used,
makepsres does not try to find a common directory
prefix among the specified directories.
-q Quiet mode: ignores unidentifiable files instead of
warning about them.
-s Specifies strict mode. If -s is used, makepsres
terminates with an error if it encounters a file it
cannot identify.
EXAMPLESmakepsres .
Creates a resource database file that contains all
the resources in the current directory.
makepsres-i -o local.upr /usr/local/lib/ps/fonts
Runs makepsres in interactive mode and creates a
resource database file named local.upr, which con-
tains all the resources in the directory
/usr/local/lib/ps/fonts.
SEE ALSO
Programming the Display PostScript System with X (Addison-
Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1993).
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Adobe Systems Incorporated
NOTES
PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe
Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain
jurisdictions.
Copyright (c) 1989-1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All
rights reserved.
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