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   9 <h1 align=center>MSGINIT</h1>
  10 <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
  11 <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
  12 <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
  13 <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
  14 <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
  15 <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
  16 <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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  21 <h2>NAME</h2>
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  26 msginit - initialize a message catalog</td></table>
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  28 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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  34 <b>msginit</b> [<i>OPTION</i>]</td></table>
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  36 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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  42 Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information
  43 with values from the user's environment.</td></table>
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  49 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short
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  56 <b>Input file location:</b></td></table>
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  62 <b>-i</b>, <b>--input</b>=<i>INPUTFILE</i></td></table>
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  68 input POT file</td></table>
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  74 If no input file is given, the current directory is searched
  75 for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is
  76 read.</td></table>
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  82 <b>Output file location:</b></td></table>
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  88 <b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></td></table>
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  94 write output to specified PO file</td></table>
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 100 If no output file is given, it depends on the
 101 <b>--locale</b> option or the user's locale setting. If it
 102 is -, the results are written to standard
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 115 <b>-P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></td></table>
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 121 input file is in Java .properties syntax</td></table>
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 133 input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings
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 164 assume the PO file is automatically generated</td></table>
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 176 write out a Java .properties file</td></table>
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 212 do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
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 237 <b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table>
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 243 output version information and exit</td></table>
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 245 <h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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 251 Written by Bruno Haible.</td></table>
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 253 <h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2>
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 259 Report bugs to &lt;bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</td></table>
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 261 <h2>COPYRIGHT</h2>
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 267 Copyright 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br>
 268 This is free software; see the source for copying
 269 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
 270 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 271 PURPOSE.</td></table>
 272 <a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
 273 <h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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 279 The full documentation for <b>msginit</b> is maintained as a
 280 Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msginit</b>
 281 programs are properly installed at your site, the
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 288 <b>info msginit</b></td></table>
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