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AMLINT(1)                 BSD General Commands Manual                AMLINT(1)

NAME
     amlint -- check Automator actions for problems

SYNOPSIS
     amlint [-HhSs] [-d definition-bundle] [-x exception-file] action ...

DESCRIPTION
     amlint checks the given Automator actions for various problems and interface inconsistencies.  action
     is the path of a built action bundle.  The options are as follows:

     -H    Print the filename for each error or warning.

     -h    Suppress the prefixing of filenames when multiple actions are checked.

     -S    For each action, write a summary line indicating how many errors and warnings there were.

     -s    As -S, but skips the summary line for actions with no errors or warnings.

     -d definition-bundle
           Specify a definition bundle, which specifies custom action input and output types.  This option
           may be repeated if you need to specify more than one bundle.

     -x exception-file
           Specify a list of errors and warnings to ignore.  The file should be plain text, with one line
           per error: the action filename, a colon, space, and the text of the error.  For example:

                 My Action.action: error: NSButton "OK" should not use the metal style.

           You can simply copy an output line from amlint -H.

RETURN VALUES
     amlint exits with one of the following values:

     0     no serious errors were found.

     1     an error was found in one of the checked actions.

     >1    an internal error occurred.

BUGS
     Because of a bug in nibtool(1), amlint will fail to work on some nibs.  You will see errors about the
     ``old-style plist parser'' if this happens.

Mac OS X                       December 9, 2005                       Mac OS X