msginit − initialize a message catalog
msginit [OPTION]
Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the user’s environment.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
−i, −−input=INPUTFILE
input POT file
If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file. If it is −, standard input is read.
−o, −−output−file=FILE
write output to specified PO file
If no output file is given, it depends on the −−locale option or the user’s locale setting. If it is −, the results are written to standard output.
−P, −−properties−input
input file is in Java .properties syntax
−−stringtable−input
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
−l, −−locale=LL_CC[.ENCODING]
set target locale
−−no−translator
assume the PO file is automatically generated
−−color
use colors and other text attributes always
−−color=WHEN
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be ’always’, ’never’, ’auto’, or ’html’.
−−style=STYLEFILE
specify CSS style rule file for −−color
−p, −−properties−output
write out a Java .properties file
−−stringtable−output
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
−w, −−width=NUMBER
set output page width
−−no−wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
−h, −−help
display this help and exit
−V, −−version
output version information and exit
Written by Bruno Haible.
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The full documentation for msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msginit
should give you access to the complete manual.