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GENCAT(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual GENCAT(1)
NAME
gencat - NLS catalog compiler
SYNOPSIS
gencat catfile msgfile ...
DESCRIPTION
The gencat utility merges the text NLS (National Language Support) in
msgfile into a formatted message catalog file catfile. The file catfile
will be created if it does not already exist. If catfile does exist, its
messages will be included in the new catfile. If set and message numbers
collide, the new message text defined in msgfile will replace the old
message text currently contained in catfile.
INPUT FILES
The format of a message text source file is defined below. Note that the
fields of a message text source line are separated by a single space
character; any other space characters are considered to be part of the
field contents.
$set n comment
This line specifies the set identifier of the following messages
until the next $set or end-of-file appears. The argument n is
the set identifier which is defined as a number in the range [1,
NL_SETMAX]. Set identifiers must occur in ascending order within
a single source file, but need not be contiguous. Any string
following a space following the set identifier is treated as a
comment. If no $set directive is specified in a given source
file, all messages will be located in the default message set
NL_SETD.
$del n comment
This line deletes messages from set n from a message catalog.
The n specifies a set number. Any string following a space
following the set number is treated as a comment.
$ comment
A line beginning with $ followed by a space is treated as a
comment.
m message-text
A message line consists of a message identifier m in the range
[1, NL_MSGMAX]. The message-text is stored in the message
catalog with the set identifier specified by the last $set
directive, and the message identifier m. If the message-text is
empty, and there is a space character following the message
identifier, an empty string is stored in the message catalog. If
the message-text is empty, and if there is no space character
following the message identifier, then the existing message in
the current set with the specified message identifier is deleted
from the catalog. Message identifiers must be in ascending order
within a single set, but need not be contiguous. The
message-text length must be in the range [0, NL_TEXTMAX].
$quote c
This line specifies an optional quote character c which can be
used to surround message-text so that trailing space or empty
messages are visible in message source files. By default, or if
an empty $quote directive is specified, no quoting of
message-text will be recognized.
Empty lines in message source files are ignored. The effect of lines
beginning with any character other than those described above is
undefined.
Text strings can contain the following special characters and escape
sequences. In addition, if a quote character is defined, it may be
escaped as well to embed a literal quote character.
\n line feed
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\b backspace
\r carriage return
\f form feed
\\ backslash
\ooo octal number in the range [000, 377]
A backslash character immediately before the end of the line in a file is
used to continue the line onto the next line, e.g.,
1 This line is continued \
on this line.
If the character following the backslash is not one of those specified,
the backslash is ignored.
EXIT STATUS
The gencat utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
catclose(3), catgets(3), catopen(3)
STANDARDS
The gencat utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX'')
specification.
AUTHORS
This manual page by Ken Stailey updated and revised by Terry Lambert.
BUGS
A message catalog file created from a blank input file can not be
revised; it must be deleted and recreated.
OpenBSD 4.9 September 3, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9
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