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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks
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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

by Ernest E. Rothman, Brian Jepson
September 2002
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
216 pages
7h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Apple’s Command-line Developer Tools

The following list of utilities can be found in /Developer/Tools after you have installed the Developer Tools package. Project Builder depends on some of these tools. Many of these tools have their roots in Macintosh Programmer’s Workshop (MPW), Apple’s old development environment.

agvtool

Acts as a versioning tool for Project Builder projects.

BuildStrings

Creates resource string definitions.

CpMac

Serves as an alternative to cp; preserves resource forks when copying.

cvs-unwrap

Extracts a tar file created by cvs-wrap.

cvs-wrap

Combines a directory into a single tar file.

cvswrappers

Checks an entire directory into CVS as a binary file.

DeRez

Displays the contents of a resource fork.

GetFileInfo

Displays extended information about a file, including creator code and file type.

lnresolve

Returns the target of a symbolic link.

MergePef

Merges code fragments from one file into another.

MvMac

Serves as an alternative to mv; preserves resource forks when copying.

pbhelpindexer

Creates an index of Apple’s API documentation for Project Builder.

pbprojectdump

Used by Project Builder’s FileMerge feature to produce more readable diffs between file versions.

pbxcp

Supports Project Builder’s build system; an internal tool.

pbxhmapdump

Debugs header maps; also internal to Project Builder.

ResMerger

Merges resource manager resource files. Project Builder’s build system compiles .r files into .rsrc files using Rez, and if needed, ...

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