WINDRES(1) GNU Development Tools WINDRES(1) (NAME) windres - (SYNOPSIS) windres [options] [input-file] [output-file] (DESCRIPTION) windres . : "rc" Resource Compiler . "res" () Resource Compiler . "coff" (object) COFF. . windres "rc" "res" Windows Resource Compiler . windres "res" "coff" "CVTRES" . windres "rc" . "rc" "rc" . windres . .rc "rc" .res "res" .o .exe "coff" . windres "rc" . "rc" windres COFF COFF (link) . "rc" . (OPTIONS) -i filename --input filename . windres . windres . windres COFF . -o filename --output filename . windres . windres . windres COFF . rc -fo . -J format --input-format format . format res rc coff . windres . -O format --output-format format . format res rc coff . windres . -F target --target target BFD COFF . (target) BFD --help . windres --help . --preprocessor program windres "rc" C . . "gcc" . --preprocessor-arg option windres "rc" C . . . --preprocessor --preprocessor-arg . "-E" "-xc-header" "-DRC_INVOKED". -I directory --include-dir directory include "rc" . windres -I . windres "rc" . format ( -J ) -J . . format ./ . -D target --define sym[=val] -D "rc" . -U target --undefine sym -U "rc" . -r rc . -v (verbose). . -c val --codepage val (codepage) "rc" . val 0x . 0xffff . -l val --language val "rc" . val . (sublanguage) . --use-temp-file popen . popen ( Windows 95 Windows 98 popen ). --no-use-temp-file popen . . -h --help . -V --version windres . --yydebug windres "YYDEBUG" 1 (parser) . @file file . @file . file () . file (whitespace) . . ( ) . file @file . (SEE ALSO) Info binutils. (COPYRIGHT) Copyright (c) 1991-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. / (GNU Free Documentation License) 1.3 (Free Software Foundation) . <> . binutils-2.47 2026-08-03 WINDRES(1)