make_services - generate GNUstep services info
make_services [
--test filename ]
[
--verbose|
--quiet]
make_services builds a validated cache of service information for use by
programs that want to access the GNUstep services facility. Additionally, it
builds a list of applications and service bundles found in the standard
directories. This cache is usually stored in the file named
.GNUstepServices in the user's GNUstep directory.
Most commonly,
make_services is called from within the GNUstep.sh or
GNUstep.csh script to update the service information every time the GNUstep
environmet is set up, i.e. in a login script. But of course it is possible to
run
make_services from the command line whenever you wish, for example
after having installed a new application or service.
The
Services menu in an application's mainmenu is usually updated
automatically. However, it may be necessary to close an open or torn off menu
for the changes to appear. Also, the workspace manager may have to be closed
and restarted for file association changes to take effect.
-
--test filename
- check that property list filename contains a valid
service information.
- --quiet
- suppress warnings (not recommended but useful in login
scripts).
- --verbose
- give verbose output.
- --help
- show small help screen.
Simply rebuild the cache of service information:
make_services
Check whether the file ServiceInfo.plist contains a valid service description:
make_services --test ServiceInfo.plist
Giving both
--quiet and
--verbose on the command line will result
in verbose output, ignoring the
--quiet argument.
GNUstep(7),
gopen(1)
Work on
make_services started November 1998.
This manual page was first written October 2003.
make_services was written by Richard Frith-Macdonald
<
[email protected]>.
This man page was written by Martin Brecher
<
[email protected]>.