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44 \title Resource Compiler (rcc)
49 The \c rcc tool is used to embed resources into a Qt application during
50 the build process. It works by generating a C++ source file containing
51 data specified in a Qt resource (.qrc) file.
54 \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_rcc.qdoc 0
56 RCC accepts the following command line options:
59 \header \o Option \o Argument \o Description
61 \row \o \c{-o} \o \o Writes output to file rather than
64 \row \o \c{-name} \o \c name \o Creates an external initialization
67 \row \o \c{-threshold} \o \c level \o Specifies a threshold (in bytes)
68 to use when compressing files. If
69 the file is smaller than the
70 threshold, it will not be
71 compressed, independent of what
72 the compression level is.
74 \row \o \c{-compress} \o \c level \o Compresses input files with the
75 given level. Level is an integer
76 from 1 to 9 - 1 being the fastest,
77 producing the least compression;
78 9 being the slowest, producing
81 \row \o \c{-root} \o \c path \o Prefixes the resource access path
84 \row \o \c{-no-compress} \o \o Disables all compression.
86 \row \o \c{-binary} \o \o Outputs a binary file for use as
89 \row \o \c{-version} \o \o Displays version information.
91 \row \o \c{-help} \o \o Displays usage information.
94 See also \l{The Qt Resource System} for more information about embedding
95 resources in Qt applications.