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mkmsgs(1)							   User Commands							 mkmsgs(1)

NAME
mkmsgs - create message files for use by gettxt SYNOPSIS
mkmsgs [-o] [-i locale] inputstrings msgfile DESCRIPTION
The mkmsgs utility is used to create a file of text strings that can be accessed using the text retrieval tools (see gettxt(1), srchtxt(1), exstr(1), and gettxt(3C)). It will take as input a file of text strings for a particular geographic locale (see setlocale(3C)) and create a file of text strings in a format that can be retrieved by both gettxt(1) and gettxt(3C). By using the -i option, you can install the cre- ated file under the /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES directory (locale corresponds to the language in which the text strings are writ- ten). inputstrings is the name of the file that contains the original text strings. msgfile is the name of the output file where mkmsgs writes the strings in a format that is readable by gettxt(1) and gettxt(3C). The name of msgfile can be up to 14 characters in length, but may not contain either (null) or the ASCII code for / (slash) or : (colon). The input file contains a set of text strings for the particular geographic locale. Text strings are separated by a newline character. Non- graphic characters must be represented as alphabetic escape sequences. Messages are transformed and copied sequentially from inputstrings to msgfile. To generate an empty message in msgfile, leave an empty line at the correct place in inputstrings. Strings can be changed simply by editing the file inputstrings. New strings must be added only at the end of the file; then a new msgfile file must be created and installed in the correct place. If this procedure is not followed, the retrieval function will retrieve the wrong string and software compatibility will be broken. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -o Overwrite msgfile, if it exists. -i locale Install msgfile in the /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES directory. Only someone who is super user or a member of group bin can create or overwrite files in this directory. Directories under /usr/lib/locale will be created if they do not exist. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the mkmsgs command. The following example shows an input message source file C.str: File %s: cannot be opened %s: Bad directory . . . write error . . Example 2: Using Input Strings From C.str to Create Text Strings in a File The following command uses the input strings from C.str to create text strings in the appropriate format in the file UX in the current directory: example% mkmsgs C.str UX Example 3: Using Input Strings From FR.str to Create Text Strings in a File The following command uses the input strings from FR.str to create text strings in the appropriate format in the file UX in the directory /usr/lib/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES: example% mkmsgs -i fr FR.str UX These text strings would be accessed if you had set the environment variable LC_MESSAGES=fr and then invoked one of the text retrieval tools listed at the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section. FILES
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/* message files created by mkmsgs ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | |Availability |SUNWloc | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
exstr(1), gettxt(1), srchtxt(1), gettxt(3C), setlocale(3C), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 26 Jul 1994 mkmsgs(1)

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gettxt(1)							   User Commands							 gettxt(1)

NAME
gettxt - retrieve a text string from a message database SYNOPSIS
gettxt msgfile : msgnum [dflt_msg] DESCRIPTION
gettxt retrieves a text string from a message file in the directory /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES . The directory name locale corre- sponds to the language in which the text strings are written; see setlocale(3C). msgfile Name of the file in the directory /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES to retrieve msgnum from. The name of msgfile can be up to 14 characters in length, but may not contain either (null) or the ASCII code for / (slash) or : (colon). msgnum Sequence number of the string to retrieve from msgfile. The strings in msgfile are numbered sequentially from 1 to n, where n is the number of strings in the file. dflt_msg Default string to be displayed if gettxt fails to retrieve msgnum from msgfile. Nongraphic characters must be represented as alphabetic escape sequences. The text string to be retrieved is in the file msgfile, created by the mkmsgs(1) utility and installed under the directory /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES . You control which directory is searched by setting the environment variable LC_MESSAGES. If LC_MES- SAGES is not set, the environment variable LANG will be used. If LANG is not set, the files containing the strings are under the directory /usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES . If gettxt fails to retrieve a message in the requested language, it will try to retrieve the same message from /usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MES- SAGES/ msgfile. If this also fails, and if dflt_msg is present and non-null, then it will display the value of dflt_msg; if dflt_msg is not present or is null, then it will display the string Message not found!!. EXAMPLES
Example 1: The environment variables LANG and LC_MESSAGES. If the environment variables LANG or LC_MESSAGES have not been set to other than their default values, the following example: example% gettxt UX:10 "hello world " will try to retrieve the 10th message from /usr/lib/locale/C/UX/msgfile. If the retrieval fails, the message "hello world," followed by a newline, will be displayed. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of gettxt: LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES. LC_CTYPE Determines how gettxt handles characters. When LC_CTYPE is set to a valid value, gettxt can display and handle text and filenames containing valid characters for that locale. gettxt can display and handle Extended Unix Code (EUC) characters where any individual character can be 1, 2, or 3 bytes wide. gettxt can also handle EUC characters of 1, 2, or more column widths. In the "C" locale, only characters from ISO 8859-1 are valid. LC_MESSAGES Determines how diagnostic and informative messages are presented. This includes the language and style of the mes- sages, and the correct form of affirmative and negative responses. In the "C" locale, the messages are presented in the default form found in the program itself (in most cases, U.S. English). FILES
/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/* default message files created by mkmsgs(1) /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/* message files for different languages created by mkmsgs(1) ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWloc | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |CSI |Enabled | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
exstr(1), mkmsgs(1), srchtxt(1), gettxt(3C), setlocale(3C), attributes(5), environ(5) SunOS 5.10 20 Dec 1996 gettxt(1)
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