<refentry id="glib-compile-schemas" lang="en"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>glib-compile-schemas</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>glib-compile-schemas</refname> <refpurpose>GSettings schema compiler</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>glib-compile-schemas</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">option</arg> <arg choice="req">directory</arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1><title>Description</title> <para><command>glib-compile-schemas</command> compiles all the GSettings XML schema files in <replaceable>directory</replaceable> into a binary file with the name <filename>gschemas.compiled</filename> that can be used by <link linkend="GSettings"><type>GSettings</type></link>. The XML schema files must have the filename extension <filename>.gschema.xml</filename>. For a detailed description of the XML file format, see the <link linkend="GSettings"><type>GSettings</type></link> documentation. </para> <para> At runtime, GSettings looks for schemas in the <filename>glib-2.0/schemas</filename> subdirectories of all directories specified in the <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> environment variable. The usual location to install schema files is <filename>/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas</filename>. </para> <refsect2><title>Options</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term> <listitem><para> Print help and exit </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--targetdir=<replaceable>TARGETDIR</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para> Store <filename>gschemas.compiled</filename> in <replaceable>TARGETDIR</replaceable> instead of <replaceable>directory</replaceable>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--dry-run</option></term> <listitem><para> Don't write <filename>gschemas.compiled</filename>. This option can be used to check <filename>.gschema.xml</filename> sources for errors. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--allow-any-name</option></term> <listitem><para> Do not enforce restrictions on key names. Note that this option is purely to facility the transition from GConf, and will be removed at some time in the future. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect2> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>See also</title> </refsect1> </refentry>