MSGMERGE(1)								GNU							       MSGMERGE(1)

NAME

       msgmerge - merge message catalog and template

SYNOPSIS

       msgmerge [OPTION] def.po ref.pot

DESCRIPTION

       Merges  two  Uniforum  style  .po files together.  The def.po file is an existing PO file with translations which will be taken over to the
       newly created file as long as they still match; comments will be preserved, but extracted comments and file positions  will  be	discarded.
       The  ref.pot file is the last created PO file with up-to-date source references but old translations, or a PO Template file (generally cre-
       ated by xgettext); any translations or comments in the file will be discarded, however dot comments and file positions will  be	preserved.
       Where an exact match cannot be found, fuzzy matching is used to produce better results.

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

   Input file location:
       def.po translations referring to old sources

       ref.pot
	      references to new sources

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

       -C, --compendium=FILE
	      additional library of message translations, may be specified more than once

   Operation mode:
       -U, --update
	      update def.po, do nothing if def.po already up to date

   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 file location in update mode: The result is written back to def.po.

       --backup=CONTROL
	      make a backup of def.po

       --suffix=SUFFIX
	      override the usual backup suffix

       The  version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the val-
       ues:

       none, off
	      never make backups (even if --backup is given)

       numbered, t
	      make numbered backups

       existing, nil
	      numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

       simple, never
	      always make simple backups

       The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable.

   Operation modifiers:
       -m, --multi-domain
	      apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po

   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
	      indented output style

       --no-location
	      suppress '#: filename:line' lines

       --add-location
	      preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)

       --strict
	      strict Uniforum output style

       -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

       -F, --sort-by-file
	      sort output by file location

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

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

       -v, --verbose
	      increase verbosity level

       -q, --quiet, --silent
	      suppress progress indicators

AUTHOR

       Written by Peter Miller.

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2002 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 msgmerge is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgmerge programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

	      info msgmerge

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext 0.11.4						     July 2002							       MSGMERGE(1)