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NAME
msginit - initialize a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msginit [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the user's environment.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
-i, --input=INPUTFILE
input POT file
If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is read.
Output file location:
-o, --output-file=FILE
write output to specified PO file
If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale option or the user's locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to stan-
dard output.
Output details:
-l, --locale=LL_CC
set target locale
--no-translator
assume the PO file is automatically generated
-w, --width=NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001-2002 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 msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info msginit
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext 0.11.4 July 2002 MSGINIT(1)
