<refentry id="glib-compile-resources" lang="en">

<refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>glib-compile-resources</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
  <refname>glib-compile-resources</refname>
  <refpurpose>GLib resource compiler</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
  <cmdsynopsis>
    <command>glib-compile-resources</command>
    <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">option</arg>
    <arg choice="req">file</arg>
  </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>glib-compile-resources</command> reads the resource description from
<replaceable>file</replaceable> and the files that it references
and creates a binary resource bundle that is suitable for use with the
<link linkend="GResource"><type>GResource</type></link> API.
The resulting bundle is then written out as-is, or as C source for linking into
an application.
</para>
<para>
The XML resource files normally have the filename extension <filename>.gresource.xml</filename>.
For a detailed description of the XML file format, see the
<link linkend="GResource"><type>GResource</type></link> documentation.
</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>--target=<replaceable>TARGETFILE</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Store the compiled resources in <replaceable>TARGETFILE</replaceable>. If not specified a filename based
on the <replaceable>file</replaceable> basename is used.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--sourcedir</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The files references in <replaceable>file</replaceable> are loaded from this directory. If
not specified the current directory is used.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--generate-source</option></term>
<listitem><para>
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.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--generate-header</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Generate a header file for use with C code generated by <option>--generate-source</option>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--c-name</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specify the prefix used for the C identifiers in the code generated by
<option>--generate-source</option> and <option>--generate-headers</option>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><option>--manual-register</option></term>
<listitem><para>
By default code generated by <option>--generate-source</option> uses 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 <option>--manual-register</option>,
which will generate custom register and unregister functions that your code can manually call
at initialization and uninitialization time.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>See also</title>
</refsect1>
</refentry>