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NAME¶
msgfmt - compile message catalog to binary format
SYNOPSIS¶
msgfmt [OPTION] filename.po ...
DESCRIPTION¶
Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Similarly for optional arguments.
Input file location:¶
- filename.po ...
- input files
- -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
- add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file is -, standard input is read.
Operation mode:¶
- -j, --java
- Java mode: generate a Java ResourceBundle class
- --java2
- like --java, and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)
- --csharp
- C# mode: generate a .NET .dll file
- --csharp-resources
- C# resources mode: generate a .NET .resources file
- --tcl
- Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file
- --qt
- Qt mode: generate a Qt .qm file
- --desktop
- Desktop Entry mode: generate a .desktop file
- --xml
- XML mode: generate XML file
Output file location:¶
- -o, --output-file=FILE
- write output to specified file
- --strict
- enable strict Uniforum mode
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
Output file location in Java mode:¶
- -r, --resource=RESOURCE
- resource name
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- --source
- produce a .java file, instead of a .class file
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of classes directory hierarchy
The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The -d option is mandatory. The class is written under the specified directory.
Output file location in C# mode:¶
- -r, --resource=RESOURCE
- resource name
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory for locale dependent .dll files
The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .dll file is written in a subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.
Output file location in Tcl mode:¶
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of .msg message catalogs
The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .msg file is written in the specified directory.
Desktop Entry mode options:¶
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -o, --output-file=FILE
- write output to specified file
- --template=TEMPLATE
- a .desktop file used as a template
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of .po files
- -kWORD, --keyword=WORD
- look for WORD as an additional keyword
- -k, --keyword
- do not to use default keywords
The -l, -o, and --template options are mandatory. If -D is specified, input files are read from the directory instead of the command line arguments.
XML mode options:¶
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -L, --language=NAME
- recognise the specified XML language
- -o, --output-file=FILE
- write output to specified file
- --template=TEMPLATE
- an XML file used as a template
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of .po files
The -l, -o, and --template options are mandatory. If -D is specified, input files are read from the directory instead of the command line arguments.
Input file syntax:¶
- -P, --properties-input
- input files are in Java .properties syntax
- --stringtable-input
- input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Input file interpretation:¶
- -c, --check
- perform all the checks implied by --check-format, --check-header, --check-domain
- --check-format
- check language dependent format strings
- --check-header
- verify presence and contents of the header entry
- --check-domain
- check for conflicts between domain directives and the --output-file option
- -C, --check-compatibility
- check that GNU msgfmt behaves like X/Open msgfmt
- --check-accelerators[=CHAR]
- check presence of keyboard accelerators for menu items
- -f, --use-fuzzy
- use fuzzy entries in output
Output details:¶
- -a, --alignment=NUMBER
- align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
- --endianness=BYTEORDER
- write out 32-bit numbers in the given byte order (big or little, default depends on platform)
- --no-hash
- binary file will not include the hash table
Informative output:¶
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit
- -V, --version
- output version information and exit
- --statistics
- print statistics about translations
- -v, --verbose
- increase verbosity level
AUTHOR¶
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://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.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for msgfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgfmt programs are properly installed at your site, the command
- info msgfmt
should give you access to the complete manual.
July 2020 | GNU gettext-tools 20200704 |