MSGFMT(1) GNU MSGFMT(1)NAMEmsgfmt - compile message catalog to binary format
SYNOPSISmsgfmt [OPTION] filename.po ...
DESCRIPTION
Generate binary message catalog from textual translation
description.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for
short options too.
Input file location:
filename.po ...
input files
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file is -, standard input is read.
Operation mode:
-j, --java
Java mode: generate a Java ResourceBundle class
--java2
like --java, and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)
--tcl Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file
Output file location:
-o, --output-file=FILE
write output to specified file
--strict
enable strict Uniforum mode
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
Output file location in Java mode:
-r, --resource=RESOURCE
resource name
-l, --locale=LOCALE
locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
-d DIRECTORY
base directory of classes directory hierarchy
The class name is determined by appending the locale name
to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The
-d option is mandatory. The class is written under the
specified directory.
Output file location in Tcl mode:
-l, --locale=LOCALE
locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
-d DIRECTORY
base directory of .msg message catalogs
The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .msg file is
written in the specified directory.
Input file interpretation:
-c, --check
perform all the checks implied by --check-format,
--check-header, --check-domain
--check-format
check language dependent format strings
--check-header
verify presence and contents of the header entry
--check-domain
check for conflicts between domain directives and
the --output-file option
-C, --check-compatibility
check that GNU msgfmt behaves like X/Open msgfmt
--check-accelerators[=CHAR]
check presence of keyboard accelerators for menu
items
-f, --use-fuzzy
use fuzzy entries in output
Output details:
-a, --alignment=NUMBER
align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
--no-hash
binary file will not include the hash table
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
--statistics
print statistics about translations
-v, --verbose
increase verbosity level
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2002 Free Software Founda-
tion, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msgfmt is maintained as a Tex-
info manual. If the info and msgfmt programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info msgfmt
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext 0.11.5 August 2002 MSGFMT(1)
