---
name: "scrollkeeper-preinstall"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "scrollkeeper"
version: "0.3.14-16"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/scrollkeeper-preinstall"
---

# scrollkeeper-preinstall(8)

generate an OMF file, based on an existing OMF file, which has the correct URL for a document

## NAME

scrollkeeper-preinstall - generate an OMF file, based on an existing OMF file, which has the correct URL for a document

## SYNOPSIS

**scrollkeeper-preinstall** \[ **-n** \] *url* *input-omf-file* *output-omf-file*

## DESCRIPTION

scrollkeeper-preinstall creates the OMF file  *output-omf-file* by reading the given existing  OMF file  *input-omf-file* and replacing the URL for a resource (typically a document) with the URL given by *url*. This is typically done as part of the build process for  an application, since the actual location that a document  is installed is not known until the application is built.

If  *output-omf-file* is specified with a path, and that path does not exist,  the path is created.

The  *url* is typically the "file:" URI followed by the absolute path to a document which is (or will be) installed.  (eg. "file:/usr/share/doc/scrollkeeper/scrollkeeper.sgml")

## OPTIONS

- *-n*

  Use the network to retrieve the DTD if it is not available via the system's XML catalog.

## AUTHOR

Laszlo Kovacs   \<laszlo.kovacs@sun.com\>\
 Dan Mueth       \<d-mueth@uchicago.edu\>

## SEE ALSO

[scrollkeeper-config(1)](/scrollkeeper-config/1.md), [scrollkeeper-gen-seriesid(1)](/scrollkeeper-gen-seriesid/1.md), [scrollkeeper.conf(5)](/scrollkeeper.conf/5.md), [scrollkeeper(7)](/scrollkeeper/7.md), [scrollkeeper-rebuilddb(8)](/scrollkeeper-rebuilddb/8.md), [scrollkeeper-update(8)](/scrollkeeper-update/8.md)