MSGUNFMT(1)								GNU							       MSGUNFMT(1)

NAME

       msgunfmt - uncompile message catalog from binary format

SYNOPSIS

       msgunfmt [OPTION] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Convert binary message catalog to Uniforum style .po file.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

   Operation mode:
       -j, --java
	      Java mode: input is a Java ResourceBundle class

       --csharp
	      C# mode: input is a .NET .dll file

       --csharp-resources
	      C# resources mode: input is a .NET .resources file

       --tcl  Tcl mode: input is a tcl/msgcat .msg file

   Input file location:
       FILE ...
	      input .mo files

       If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

   Input file location in Java mode:
       -r, --resource=RESOURCE
	      resource name

       -l, --locale=LOCALE
	      locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

       The  class  name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore.	The class is located using
       the CLASSPATH.

   Input 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 located in a subdirectory of the specified  directory  whose  name  depends  on  the
       locale.

   Input 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 located in the specified directory.

   Output file location:
       -o, --output-file=FILE
	      write output to specified file

       The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.

   Output details:
       -e, --no-escape
	      do not use C escapes in output (default)

       -E, --escape
	      use C escapes in output, no extended chars

       --force-po
	      write PO file even if empty

       -i, --indent
	      write indented output style

       --strict
	      write strict uniforum style

       -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

       -s, --sort-output
	      generate sorted output

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

       -v, --verbose
	      increase verbosity level

AUTHOR

       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for msgunfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgunfmt programs are properly  installed  at  your
       site, the command

	      info msgunfmt

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-tools 0.14.4					    April 2005							       MSGUNFMT(1)