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NSIS(1) makensis NSIS(1)

NAME

makensis - A program to create Windows installers.

SYNOPSIS

makensis [ script.nsi] [-CMDHELP item] [-HDRINFO] [ -LICENSE] [-VERSION] [-Vx] [ -Ofile] [-PAUSE] [-NOCONFIG] [ -NOCD] [-Ddefine= value] [-Xscriptcmd]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the makensis command.
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.
makensis is a program that creates installer programs for Windows.

OPTIONS

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.
-Vx
Verbosity where x is 4=all, 3=no script, 2=no info, 1=no warnings, 0=none.
-Ofile
Specifies a text file to log compiler output (default is stdout).
-PAUSE
Pauses after execution.
-NOCONFIG
Disables inclusion of /etc/nsisconf.nsh.
-NOCD
Disable changing the current directory to that of the .nsi file.
-Ddefine=value
Defines the symbol "define" for the script to [value].
-Xscriptcmd
Executes scriptcmd in the script (i.e. "-XOutFile poop.exe")
-CMDHELP item
Prints out help for 'item', or lists all commands.
-HDRINFO
Prints information about what options makensis was compiled with.
-LICENSE
Prints the makensis software license.
-VERSION
Prints the makensis version and exits.

FILES

/etc/nsisconf.nsh
System wide configuration file.
~/.nsisconf.nsh
Per-user configuration file.

SEE ALSO

NSIS is documented more fully in the HTML files in /usr/share/doc/nsis/Docs.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Paul Wise pabs@debian.org for the Debian (TM) system.

AUTHOR

Paul Wise
Created man page

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005 Paul Wise
 
October 5, 2005 makensis manual