intltool-update(1)						   User Commands						intltool-update(1)

NAME

       intltool-update - update .po file with marked translatable strings from the application source code

SYNOPSIS

       intltool-update [--headers] [--help] [--maintain] [--pot] [--report] [--verbose] [--version] language-code

DESCRIPTION

       The  intltool-update,  intltoolize,  intltool-extract,  and intltool-unicodify utilities identify localizable content in application source
       code, and extract this content into translatable .po message catalog files.

       intltool-update updates the message catalog files with the translatable content from the application source code.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --headers       Generate the header files in the POTFILES.in file. You can also use -s to specify this option.

       --help	       Show usage and basic help information.

       --maintain      Search for files that have been omitted from the POTFILES.in file. You can also use -m to specify this option.

       --pot	       Generate the PO template only. You can also use -p to specify this option.

       --report        Display a status report for the module. You can also use -r to specify this option.

       --verbose       Provide additional feedback. You can also use -x to specify this option.

       --version       Show version information.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       language-code   Specifies the language code of the file that you wish to update with new translatable content.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Updating a Message Catalog .pot File With All Marked Translatable Content

       example% intltool-update --pot

       Example 2: Updating a Message Catalog .po File for the French Language Based on the Current Contents of the .pot File

       example% intltool-update fr

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/intltool-updateThe command-line executable for the application.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-common-devel	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       intltool-extract(1), intltool-merge(1), intltool-prepare(1), intltool-unicodify(1), intltoolize(1)

NOTES

       For more information, see the I18N-HOWTO file, which is provided with the intltool source code.

       Updated by Damien Donlon, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003. Written by Darin Adler, Kenneth Christiansen, Maciej Stachowiak.

SunOS 5.10							    3 Apr 2003							intltool-update(1)