| glib-compile-resourcesglib-compile-resources — GLib resource compiler |  | 
Synopsis
glib-compile-resources  [OPTION...] {FILE}
 
Description
glib-compile-resources reads the resource description from
FILE and the files that it references
and creates a binary resource bundle that is suitable for use with the
GResource API.
The resulting bundle is then written out as-is, or as C source for linking into
an application.
The XML resource files normally have the filename extension .gresource.xml.
For a detailed description of the XML file format, see the
GResource documentation.
 
Options
| -h,--help
 | 
Print help and exit
 | 
| --version
 | 
Print program version and exit
 | 
| --target=TARGET
 | 
Store the compiled resources in the file TARGET.
If not specified a filename based on theFILEbasename is used. | 
| --sourcedir=DIRECTORY
 | 
The files referenced in FILEare loaded from
this directory. If not specified, the current directory is used. | 
| --generate
 | 
Write the output file in the format selected for by its filename extension:
 
| .c
 | C source |  
| .h
 | C header |  
| .gresource
 | resource bundle | 
 | 
| --generate-source
 | 
Instead of a writing the resource bundle in binary form create a C source file
that contains the resource bundle. This can then be compiled into an
application for easy access.
 | 
| --generate-header
 | 
Generate a header file for use with C code generated by
--generate-source. | 
| --generate-dependencies
 | 
Prints the list of files that the resource bundle references to standard output.
This can be used to track dependencies in the build system. For example, the
following make rule would mark test.gresourceas
depending on all the files thattest.gresource.xmlincludes, so that is is automatically rebuilt if any of them change: 
test.gresource: test.gresource.xml $(shell $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) --generate-dependencies test.gresource.xml)
 
Note that this may or may not be portable to non-GNU make.
 
Also see --dependency-file. | 
| --c-name
 | 
Specify the prefix used for the C identifiers in the code generated by
--generate-sourceand--generate-header. | 
| --manual-register
 | 
By default code generated by --generate-sourceuses automatic
initialization of the resource. This works on most systems by using the
compiler support for constructors. However, some (uncommon) compilers may not
support this, you can then specify--manual-register,
which will generate custom register and unregister functions that your code
can manually call at initialization and uninitialization time. | 
| --internal
 | 
By default code generated by --generate-sourcedeclares all
initialization functions as extern.  So they are exported
unless this is prevented by a link script or other means.  Since libraries
usually want to use the functions only internally it can be more useful to
declare them asG_GNUC_INTERNALwhich is what--internaldoes. | 
| --dependency-file=FILE
 | 
Write dependencies in the same style as gcc -M -MF to the given file.
If FILEis -, the dependencies are written to the standard
output. Unlike--generate-dependencies, this option can be
combined with other--generateoptions to generate dependencies
as a side-effect of generating sources. | 
| --generate-phony-targets
 | 
When creating a dependency file with --dependency-fileinclude phony targets in the same style as gcc -MP. This would typically
be used withmake. | 
 
Environment
| XMLLINT
 | 
The full path to the xmllint executable. This is used to
preprocess resources with the xml-stripblankspreprocessing
option. If this environment variable is not set, xmllint is
searched for in thePATH. | 
| GDK_PIXBUF_PIXDATA
 | 
The full path to the gdk-pixbuf-pixdata executable. This is
used to preprocess resources with the to-pixdatapreprocessing
option. If this environment variable is not set, gdk-pixbuf-pixdata
is searched for in thePATH. | 
| JSON_GLIB_FORMAT
 | 
The full path to the json-glib-format executable. This is used
to preprocess resources with the json-stripblankspreprocessing
option. If this environment variable is not set, json-glib-format
is searched for in thePATH. |