intltool-prepare(1)						   User Commands					       intltool-prepare(1)

NAME

       intltool-prepare - update pot files and merge the pot files with translation (po) files

SYNOPSIS

       intltool-prepare [--help] [--verbose] [--version] keyword

DESCRIPTION

       intltool-prepare  opens the source files and header files that are specified in the po/POTFILES files, to search for strings that have been
       marked for translation, and updates the .pot files. intltool-prepare then merges the .pot files with the translation (.po) files.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --help	       Show usage and basic help information. You can also use -H to specify this option.

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

       --version       Show version information. You can also use -V to specify this option.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       keyword	       Specifies an extra key, in addition to Name, Comment, and description.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Updating the .pot File in the po Directory and Merging the .pot File With the .po Files in That Directory

       example% cd ./po
       intltool-prepare
       Working, please wait...
       Finding interesting files...done

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-preparThe 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-unicodify(1), intltool-update(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-prepare(1)