MESTBL(M) XENIX System V MESTBL(M)
Name
mestbl - Create a messages locale table.
Syntax
mestbl [ specfile ]
Description
The utility mestbl is provided to allow LC_MESSAGES locales
to be defined. It reads in a specification file (or standard
input if specfile is not defined), containing a definition
for a particular locale's response strings to yes/no
queries, and produces a concise format table file, to be
read by setlocale(S).
The response strings may be specified as a string held
within double quotes or as a series of characters which are
specified in one of six different ways (the following
examples all specify the ASCII character 'A'):
65 - decimal
0101 - octal
0x41 - hexadecimal
'A' - quoted character
'\101' - quoted octal
'\x41' - quoted hexadecimal
or a combination of both methods, for example:
'y' "es"
is identical to:
"yes"
To specify the response strings, the above string
definitions must be preceded by the keyword YESSTR= for
affirmative responses, and NOSTR= for negative responses.
All characters following the hash character are treated as a
comment and ignored up to the end of the line, unless the
hash is within a quoted string.
The concise format locale table is placed in a file named
messages in the current directory. This file should be
copied or moved to the correct place in the setlocale(S)
file tree (see locale(M)). To prevent accidental corruption
of the output data, the file is created with no write
permission; if the mestbl utility is run in a directory
containing a write-protected ``messages'' file, the utility
will ask if the existing file should be replaced - any
response other than ``yes'' or ``y'' will cause mestbl to
terminate without overwriting the existing file.
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MESTBL(M) XENIX System V MESTBL(M)
See Also
chrtbl(M), montbl(M), coltbl(M), locale(M), numtbl(M),
timtbl(M), setlocale(S)
Diagnostics
All error messages printed are self explanatory.
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