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.\" Date: October 5, 2005
.\" Manual: makensis manual
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.TH "NSIS" "1" "October 5, 2005" "makensis manual" "makensis manual"
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.SH "NAME"
makensis \- A program to create Windows installers\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmakensis\fR\ 'u
\fBmakensis\fR [\fB\fIscript\&.nsi\fR\fR] [\fB\-CMDHELP\ \fR\fB\fIitem\fR\fR] [\fB\-HDRINFO\fR] [\fB\-LICENSE\fR] [\fB\-VERSION\fR] [\fB\-V\fR\fB\fIx\fR\fR] [\fB\-O\fR\fB\fIfile\fR\fR] [\fB\-PAUSE\fR] [\fB\-NOCONFIG\fR] [\fB\-NOCD\fR] [\fB\-D\fR\fB\fIdefine\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR] [\fB\-X\fR\fB\fIscriptcmd\fR\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This manual page documents briefly the
\fBmakensis\fR
command\&.
.PP
This manual page was written for the Debian (TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page\&. Instead, it has documentation in the HTML format; see below\&.
.PP
\fBmakensis\fR
is a program that creates installer programs for Windows\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
Parameters are processed by order (\-Ddef ins\&.nsi != ins\&.nsi \-Ddef) for script file name, you can use \- to read from the standard input\&. For a complete description, see the HTML files\&.
.PP
\fB\-V\fR\fB\fIx\fR\fR
.RS 4
Verbosity where x is 4=all, 3=no script, 2=no info, 1=no warnings, 0=none\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-O\fR\fB\fIfile\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specifies a text file to log compiler output (default is stdout)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-PAUSE\fR
.RS 4
Pauses after execution\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-NOCONFIG\fR
.RS 4
Disables inclusion of /etc/nsisconf\&.nsh\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-NOCD\fR
.RS 4
Disable changing the current directory to that of the \&.nsi file\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-D\fR\fB\fIdefine\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR
.RS 4
Defines the symbol "define" for the script to [value]\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-X\fR\fB\fIscriptcmd\fR\fR
.RS 4
Executes scriptcmd in the script (i\&.e\&. "\-XOutFile poop\&.exe")
.RE
.PP
\fB\-CMDHELP \fR\fB\fIitem\fR\fR
.RS 4
Prints out help for \*(Aqitem\*(Aq, or lists all commands\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-HDRINFO\fR
.RS 4
Prints information about what options makensis was compiled with\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-LICENSE\fR
.RS 4
Prints the makensis software license\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-VERSION\fR
.RS 4
Prints the makensis version and exits\&.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/etc/nsisconf\&.nsh
.RS 4
System wide configuration file\&.
.RE
.PP
~/\&.nsisconf\&.nsh
.RS 4
Per\-user configuration file\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
NSIS is documented more fully in the HTML files in /usr/share/doc/nsis/Docs\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This manual page was written by Paul Wise
for the Debian (TM) system\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBPaul Wise\fR
.RS 4
Created man page
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2005 Paul Wise
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