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resource(n)		     Tcl Built-In Commands		   resource(n)

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NAME
       resource - Manipulate Macintosh resources

SYNOPSIS
       resource option ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION
       The  resource command provides some generic operations for dealing with
       Macintosh resources.  This command is only supported on	the  Macintosh
       platform.  Each Macintosh file consists of two forks: a data fork and a
       resource fork.  You use the normal open, puts, close, etc. commands  to
       manipulate  the	data  fork.   You  must	 use this command, however, to
       interact with the resource fork.	 Option indicates what	resource  com-
       mand  to	 perform.   Any	 unique abbreviation for option is acceptable.
       The valid options are:

       resource close rsrcRef
	      Closes the given	resource  reference  (obtained	from  resource
	      open).   Resources  from	that  resource	file will no longer be
	      available.

       resource delete ?options? resourceType
	      This command will delete the resource specified by  options  and
	      type  resourceType (see RESOURCE TYPES below).  The options give
	      you several ways to specify the resource to be deleted.

	      -id resourceId
		     If the  -id  option  is  given  the  id  resourceId  (see
		     RESOURCE IDS below) is used to specify the resource to be
		     deleted.  The id must be a number - to specify a name use
		     the -name option.

	      -name resourceName
		     If	 -name	is  specified, the resource named resourceName
		     will be deleted.  If the -id is also provided, then there
		     must  be  a resource with BOTH this name and this id.  If
		     no name is provided, then the id will be used  regardless
		     of the name of the actual resource.

	      -file resourceRef
		     If	 the  -file option is specified then the resource will
		     be deleted from the file pointed to by resourceRef.  Oth-
		     erwise the first resource with the given resourceName and
		     or resourceId which is found on the  resource  file  path
		     will  be  deleted.	  To  inspect  the  file path, use the
		     resource files command.

       resource files ?resourceRef?
	      If resourceRefis not provided, this command returns a  Tcl  list
	      of  the  resource references for all the currently open resource
	      files.  The list is in the normal	 Macintosh  search  order  for
	      resources.  If resourceRef is specified, the command will return
	      the path to the file whose resource fork is represented by  that
	      token.

       resource list resourceType ?resourceRef?
	      List all of the resources ids of type resourceType (see RESOURCE
	      TYPES below).  If resourceRef is specified then the command will
	      limit  the  search to that particular resource file.  Otherwise,
	      all resource files currently opened by the application  will  be
	      searched.	  A Tcl list of either the resource name's or resource
	      id's of the found resources will be returned.  See the  RESOURCE
	      IDS  section below for more details about what a resource id is.

       resource open fileName ?access?
	      Open the resource for the file fileName.	Standard  file	access
	      permissions may also be specified (see the manual entry for open
	      for details).  A resource reference  (resourceRef)  is  returned
	      that  can	 be used by the other resource commands.  An error can
	      occur if the file doesn't exist or the  file  does  not  have  a
	      resource fork.  However, if you open the file with write permis-
	      sions the file and/or resource fork will be created  instead  of
	      generating an error.

       resource read resourceType resourceId ?resourceRef?
	      Read  the	 entire	 resource  of  type resourceType (see RESOURCE
	      TYPES below) and the name or id of resourceId (see RESOURCE  IDS
	      below)  into  memory  and	 return the result.  If resourceRef is
	      specified we limit our search to that resource  file,  otherwise
	      we  search  all  open  resource forks in the application.	 It is
	      important to note that most Macintosh resource use a binary for-
	      mat  and	the  data returned from this command may have embedded
	      NULLs or other non-ASCII data.

       resource types ?resourceRef?
	      This command returns a Tcl  list	of  all	 resource  types  (see
	      RESOURCE	TYPES  below) found in the resource file pointed to by
	      resourceRef.  If resourceRef is not specified it will return all
	      the resource types found in every resource file currently opened
	      by the application.

       resource write ?options? resourceType data
	      This command will write the passed in data as a new resource  of
	      type  resourceType  (see RESOURCE TYPES below).  Several options
	      are available that  describe  where  and	how  the  resource  is
	      stored.

	      -id resourceId
		     If	 the  -id  option  is  given  the  id  resourceId (see
		     RESOURCE IDS below) is used for the new resource,	other-
		     wise a unique id will be generated that will not conflict
		     with any existing resource.  However, the id  must	 be  a
		     number - to specify a name use the -name option.

	      -name resourceName
		     If	  -name	 is  specified	the  resource  will  be	 named
		     resourceName, otherwise it will have the empty string  as
		     the name.

	      -file resourceRef
		     If	 the  -file option is specified then the resource will
		     be written in the file pointed to by resourceRef,	other-
		     wise the most recently open resource will be used.

	      -force If	 the  target  resource already exists, then by default
		     Tcl will not overwrite it, but raise  an  error  instead.
		     Use  the  -force  flag  to	 force	overwriting the extant
		     resource.

RESOURCE TYPES
       Resource types are defined as a four  character	string	that  is  then
       mapped  to an underlying id.  For example, TEXT refers to the Macintosh
       resource type for text.	The type STR# is a list	 of  counted  strings.
       All Macintosh resources must be of some type.  See Macintosh documenta-
       tion for a more complete list of resource types that are commonly used.

RESOURCE IDS
       For  this  command  the	notion of a resource id actually refers to two
       ideas in Macintosh resources.  Every place you can use  a  resource  Id
       you  can	 use either the resource name or a resource number.  Names are
       always searched or returned in preference to numbers.  For example, the
       resource list command will return names if they exist or numbers if the
       name is NULL.

PORTABILITY ISSUES
       The resource command is only available on Macintosh.

SEE ALSO
       open(n)

KEYWORDS
       open, resource

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