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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 ?permissions?
	      Open  the resource for the file fileName.	 Standard file permis‐
	      sions 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 permissions  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 resently 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.

SEE ALSO
       open

PORTABILITY ISSUES
       The resource command is only available on Macintosh.

KEYWORDS
       open, resource

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