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1 perry 1 MSGFMT
2 !!!MSGFMT
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 AUTHOR
7 REPORTING BUGS
8 COPYRIGHT
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 msgfmt - compile message catalogs
15 !!SYNOPSIS
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18 __msgfmt__ [[''OPTION''] ''filename.po''
19 ...
20 !!DESCRIPTION
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23 Generate binary message catalog from textual translation
24 description.
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27 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
28 options too.
29
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31 __-a__, __--alignment__=''NUMBER''
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34 align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
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37 __-c__, __--check__
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40 perform language dependent checks on strings
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43 __-D__, __--directory__=''DIRECTORY''
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46 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
47
48
49 __-f__, __--use-fuzzy__
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52 use fuzzy entries in output
53
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55 __-h__, __--help__
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58 display a help message and exit
59
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61 __--no-hash__
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64 binary file will not include the hash table
65
66
67 __-o__, __--output-file__=''FILE''
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70 specify output file name as FILE
71
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73 __--statistics__
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76 print statistics about translations
77
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79 __--strict__
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82 enable strict Uniforum mode
83
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85 __-v__, __--verbose__
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88 list input file anomalies
89
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91 __-V__, __--version__
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94 output version information and exit
95
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97 Giving the __-v__ option more than once increases the
98 verbosity level.
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101 If input file is __-__, standard input is read. If output
102 file is __-__, output is written to standard
103 output.
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106 This package offers to programmers, translators and even
107 users, a well integrated set of tools and documentation that
108 provides a framework within which other free packages may
109 produce multi-lingual messages.
110 !!AUTHOR
111
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113 Written by Ulrich Drepper.
114 !!REPORTING BUGS
115
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117 Report bugs to
118 !!COPYRIGHT
119
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121 Copyright 1995-1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation,
122 Inc.
123 This is free software; see the source for copying
124 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
125 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
126 PURPOSE.
127 !!SEE ALSO
128
129
130 gettext(1), msgmerge(1),
131 xgettext(1)
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134 The full documentation for __msgfmt__ is maintained as a
135 Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __msgfmt__
136 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
137 __info msgfmt__ should give you access to the complete
138 manual.
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141 On Debian, the manual is also available in HTML format in
142 the gettext-doc package.
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