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2 .TH MSGINIT "1" "April 2005" "GNU gettext-tools 0.14.4" GNU
4 msginit \- initialize a message catalog
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11 Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the
14 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
15 .SS "Input file location:"
17 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-input\fR=\fIINPUTFILE\fR
20 If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file.
21 If it is -, standard input is read.
22 .SS "Output file location:"
24 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
25 write output to specified PO file
27 If no output file is given, it depends on the \fB\-\-locale\fR option or the user's
28 locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to standard output.
29 .SS "Input file syntax:"
31 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
32 input file is in Java .properties syntax
34 \fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
35 input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
38 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-locale\fR=\fILL_CC\fR
41 \fB\-\-no\-translator\fR
42 assume the PO file is automatically generated
44 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
45 write out a Java .properties file
47 \fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
48 write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
50 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
54 do not break long message lines, longer than
55 the output page width, into several lines
56 .SS "Informative output:"
58 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
59 display this help and exit
61 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
62 output version information and exit
64 Written by Bruno Haible.
66 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
68 Copyright \(co 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
70 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
71 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
73 The full documentation for
75 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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