INTLTOOL-UPDATE(8) System Manager's Manual INTLTOOL-UPDATE(8)
NAME
intltool-update - updates PO template file and merge translations with it
SYNOPSIS
intltool-update [option]...
intltool-update LANGCODE
DESCRIPTION
intltool-update generates new po file templates from source code, and merges existing translations with these new po templates.
You must change working directory to the subdirectory containing translations (usually "po/") before running intltool-update.
OPTIONS
When executing intltool-update , only one mode of operation is allowed each time.
Mode of operation
-p
--pot
Generate po template (.pot) only.
-s
--headers
Executes intltool-extract(8) to extract strings inside XML/INI style files listed in POTFILES.in, and writes the extracted strings into
header files, so that the strings can be recognised by xgettext(1).
-m
--maintain
Search for left out files, which should have been listed in POTFILES.in or POTFILES.skip. A list of all these files are written into
another file called "missing".
-r
--report
Display a status report for all translations in the software.
-d LANGCODE
--dist LANGCODE
Merge LANGCODE.po with existing PO template.
Other options
-g NAME
--gettext-package=NAME
Manually specify PO template file name, instead of determining the name automatically from source. Useful with -p/--pot option. This
option has an additional effect: the name of current working directory is no more limited to "po" or "po-*".
-o FILENAME
--output-file=FILENAME
Manually specify output FILENAME after merging old translation with PO template. Useful either with -d/--dist option or without any
option.
-x
--verbose
Display lots of feedback.
--version
Show version information.
--help
Show usage and basic help information.
EXAMPLES
Creates a new PO template from source code, and name it foo.pot:
intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=foo
Updates translation file xy.po using existing po template called "bar.pot", and writes output into "xy1.po":
intltool-update --dist --gettext-package=bar --output-file=xy1.po xy
Creates new PO template and updates translation file xy.po (xy.po is overwritten with new content):
intltool-update xy
(same as intltool-update --pot && intltool-update --dist xy)
FILES
po/POTFILES.in
Contains list of source files which contain translatable strings, one file per line.
po/POTFILES.skip
po/POTFILES.ignore (obsolete)
Contains list of source files which should be ignored when searching for translatable strings.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to http://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool
AUTHOR
Darin Adler <darin@bentspoon.com>
Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>
SEE ALSO
intltoolize(8), intltool-prepare(8), intltool-extract(8), intltool-merge(8), xgettext(1)
intltool 2003-08-02 INTLTOOL-UPDATE(8)