Example "icat.args" File

The following "icat.args" file was used to generate this catalog. 
-cp ../
-o buttons
-T "My Image Catalog"
-H "<font size='+1'>No Images in this folder</font><p>(Current folder is 'example2/_SUBDIR_')"
-I "<b>Click on any small image to enlarge in this frame.</b><br>\
    (images are duplicated in the frame to the left for your browsing convenience)"
-F "<p><p><b>URL: http://exiftool.org/icat/example2/_SUBDIR_</b>\
    <i>(Last revised _DATE_)</i>"
-b "<body text='#FFFFFF' bgcolor='#000000' link='#FFB750' vlink='#FF8A00' alink='#00DE00'>"
-B " onMouseOver='document.images[\"img1\"].src=\"_RELDIR_buttons/top2.gif\"'\
    onMouseOut='document.images[\"img1\"].src=\"_RELDIR_buttons/top.gif\"'\
    ><img name='img1' src='_RELDIR_buttons/top.gif' border=0>"
-P " onMouseOver='document.images[\"img2\"].src=\"_RELDIR_buttons/prev2.gif\"'\
    onMouseOut='document.images[\"img2\"].src=\"_RELDIR_buttons/prev.gif\"'\
    ><img name='img2' src='_RELDIR_buttons/prev.gif' border=0>"
-N " onMouseOver='document.images[\"img3\"].src=\"_RELDIR_buttons/next2.gif\"'\
    onMouseOut='document.images[\"img3\"].src=\"_RELDIR_buttons/next.gif\"'\
    ><img name='img3' src='_RELDIR_buttons/next.gif' border=0>"
-D "<img src='_RELDIR_buttons/dummy.gif'>"
-J "img1=new Image(); img1.src='_RELDIR_buttons/back2.gif';\
    img2=new Image(); img2.src='_RELDIR_buttons/prev2.gif';\
    img3=new Image(); img3.src='_RELDIR_buttons/next2.gif'"

Instructions for building a catalog with these arguments:

  1. Download icat.tar.gz
  2. Type "tar -xzf icat.tar.gz" to extract the distributed files
  3. Type "cd icat" to change to the icat directory
  4. Type "cp icat.args DIR", where DIR is the image directory.
  5. Type "cp -r buttons DIR" to copy the button images.
  6. Type "./icat DIR" to build the catalog