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MSGINIT(1) GNU MSGINIT(1)

NAME

msginit - initialize a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msginit [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

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:

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:

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:

input file is in Java .properties syntax
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

Output details:

set target locale
assume the PO file is automatically generated
write out a Java .properties file
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
set output page width
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines

Informative output:

display this help and exit
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 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.

SEE ALSO

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.

November 2007 GNU gettext-tools 0.17