Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

osacompile

Synopsis

osacompile [-l language] -e command] -o name] [-d] [-r typeid] 
[-t type] -c creator] [file...]

Compiles into a new script file one or more text or compiled OSA script files or standard input.

Options

-c creator

Assign the four-character file-creator code creator to the new script (the default is osas).

-e command

Use command as a line of script to be compiled. You can use more than one -e option; each will specify a new line of script.

-i pathname

Use the dictionary from the application pathname when compiling.

-l OSAlang

Use OSA language OSAlang instead of the default AppleScript. Use the osalang command (described later in this chapter) to get information on all of the system’s OSA languages.

-o name

Use name as a filename for the new script instead of the default a.scpt.

-r type:id

Place the resulting script in the resource fork of the output file, in the resource specified by type:id.

-t type

Assign the four-character file-type code type to the new script (the default is osas).

-x

Save file as execute only. This doesn’t produce an applet, but a compiled script file that can’t be viewed in Script Editor.

Examples

Use the filename newscript for a new script file, compiled from the source in scripttext.txt:

                     osacompile -o newscript scripttext.txt.

Compile the file scripttext.txt into a compiled script called newscript (assuming that a JavaScript OSA scripting component exists on the system):

                     osacompile -l JavaScript rawscript.txt