redhat man page for msgen

MSGEN(1)								GNU								  MSGEN(1)

NAME
       msgen - create English message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msgen [OPTION] INPUTFILE

DESCRIPTION
       Creates	an  English  translation catalog.  The input file is the last created English PO file, or a PO Template file (generally created by
       xgettext).  Untranslated entries are assigned a translation that is identical to the msgid, and are marked fuzzy.

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

   Input file location:
       INPUTFILE
	      input PO or POT file

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

       If input file is -, standard input is read.

   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
	      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

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 msgen is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgen programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info msgen

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext 0.11.4						     July 2002								  MSGEN(1)