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msginit - initialize a message catalog
msginit [OPTION]
Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values
from the user's environment.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
Input file location:
-i, --input=INPUTFILE
input POT file
If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the
POT file. If it is -, standard input is read.
Output file location:
-o, --output-file=FILE
write output to specified PO file
If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale option or the
user's locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to standard
output.
Input file syntax:
-P, --properties-input
input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:
-l, --locale=LL_CC
set target locale
--no-translator
assume the PO file is automatically generated
-p, --properties-output
write out a Java .properties file
--stringtable-output
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
-w, --width=NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
width, into several lines
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
Written by Bruno Haible.
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext [AT] gnu.org>.
Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
The full documentation for msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info msginit
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext-tools 0.17 November 2007 MSGINIT(1)