Msginit (1) Linux Manual Page

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:

-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
–color: use colors and other text attributes always
–color=WHEN: use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be ‘always’, ‘never’, ‘auto’, or ‘html’.
–style=STYLEFILE: specify CSS style rule file for –color
-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

AUTHOR

Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext [at] gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2016 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.

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