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14 </style>
15 <title>MSGFMT</title>
16
17 </head>
18 <body>
19
20 <h1 align="center">MSGFMT</h1>
21
22 <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
23 <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
24 <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
25 <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
26 <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
27 <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
28 <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
29
30 <hr>
31
32
33 <h2>NAME
34 <a name="NAME"></a>
35 </h2>
36
37
38 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgfmt -
39 compile message catalog to binary format</p>
40
41 <h2>SYNOPSIS
42 <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
43 </h2>
44
45
46 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgfmt</b>
47 [<i>OPTION</i>] <i>filename.po</i> ...</p>
48
49 <h2>DESCRIPTION
50 <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
51 </h2>
52
53
54 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Generate binary
55 message catalog from textual translation description.</p>
56
57 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory
58 arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
59 too. Similarly for optional arguments.</p>
60
61 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
62 location:</b> <br>
63 filename.po ...</p>
64
65 <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files</p>
66
67 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-D</b>,
68 <b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p>
69
70 <p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input
71 files search</p>
72
73 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If input file
74 is -, standard input is read.</p>
75
76 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Operation
77 mode: <br>
78 -j</b>, <b>--java</b></p>
79
80 <p style="margin-left:22%;">Java mode: generate a Java
81 ResourceBundle class</p>
82
83 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--java2</b></p>
84
85 <p style="margin-left:22%;">like <b>--java</b>,
86 and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)</p>
87
88
89 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--csharp</b></p>
90
91 <p style="margin-left:22%;">C# mode: generate a .NET .dll
92 file</p>
93
94
95 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--csharp-resources</b></p>
96
97 <p style="margin-left:22%;">C# resources mode: generate a
98 .NET .resources file</p>
99
100 <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
101 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
102 <tr valign="top" align="left">
103 <td width="11%"></td>
104 <td width="7%">
105
106
107 <p><b>--tcl</b></p></td>
108 <td width="4%"></td>
109 <td width="63%">
110
111
112 <p>Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file</p></td>
113 <td width="15%">
114 </td></tr>
115 <tr valign="top" align="left">
116 <td width="11%"></td>
117 <td width="7%">
118
119
120 <p><b>--qt</b></p></td>
121 <td width="4%"></td>
122 <td width="63%">
123
124
125 <p>Qt mode: generate a Qt .qm file</p></td>
126 <td width="15%">
127 </td></tr>
128 </table>
129
130
131 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--desktop</b></p>
132
133 <p style="margin-left:22%;">Desktop Entry mode: generate a
134 .desktop file</p>
135
136 <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
137 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
138 <tr valign="top" align="left">
139 <td width="11%"></td>
140 <td width="7%">
141
142
143 <p><b>--xml</b></p></td>
144 <td width="4%"></td>
145 <td width="41%">
146
147
148 <p>XML mode: generate XML file</p></td>
149 <td width="37%">
150 </td></tr>
151 </table>
152
153 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
154 location: <br>
155 -o</b>,
156 <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>
157
158 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
159 file</p>
160
161
162 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--strict</b></p>
163
164 <p style="margin-left:22%;">enable strict Uniforum mode</p>
165
166 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If output file
167 is -, output is written to standard output.</p>
168
169 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
170 location in Java mode: <br>
171 -r</b>,
172 <b>--resource</b>=<i>RESOURCE</i></p>
173
174 <p style="margin-left:22%;">resource name</p>
175
176 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-l</b>,
177 <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>
178
179 <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
180 language_COUNTRY</p>
181
182
183 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--source</b></p>
184
185 <p style="margin-left:22%;">produce a .java file, instead
186 of a .class file</p>
187
188 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>
189
190 <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of classes
191 directory hierarchy</p>
192
193 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The class name
194 is determined by appending the locale name to the resource
195 name, separated with an underscore. The <b>-d</b>
196 option is mandatory. The class is written under the
197 specified directory.</p>
198
199 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
200 location in C# mode: <br>
201 -r</b>,
202 <b>--resource</b>=<i>RESOURCE</i></p>
203
204 <p style="margin-left:22%;">resource name</p>
205
206 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-l</b>,
207 <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>
208
209 <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
210 language_COUNTRY</p>
211
212 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>
213
214 <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory for locale
215 dependent .dll files</p>
216
217 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
218 <b>-l</b> and <b>-d</b> options are mandatory.
219 The .dll file is written in a subdirectory of the specified
220 directory whose name depends on the locale.</p>
221
222 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
223 location in Tcl mode: <br>
224 -l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>
225
226 <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
227 language_COUNTRY</p>
228
229 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>
230
231 <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .msg message
232 catalogs</p>
233
234 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
235 <b>-l</b> and <b>-d</b> options are mandatory.
236 The .msg file is written in the specified directory.</p>
237
238 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Desktop
239 Entry mode options: <br>
240 -l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>
241
242 <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
243 language_COUNTRY</p>
244
245 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-o</b>,
246 <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>
247
248 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
249 file</p>
250
251
252 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--template</b>=<i>TEMPLATE</i></p>
253
254 <p style="margin-left:22%;">a .desktop file used as a
255 template</p>
256
257 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>
258
259 <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .po files</p>
260
261 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-kWORD</b>,
262 <b>--keyword</b>=<i>WORD</i></p>
263
264 <p style="margin-left:22%;">look for WORD as an additional
265 keyword</p>
266
267 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-k</b>,
268 <b>--keyword</b></p>
269
270 <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not to use default
271 keywords</p>
272
273 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
274 <b>-l</b>, <b>-o</b>, and
275 <b>--template</b> options are mandatory. If
276 <b>-D</b> is specified, input files are read from the
277 directory instead of the command line arguments.</p>
278
279 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>XML mode
280 options: <br>
281 -l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p>
282
283 <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or
284 language_COUNTRY</p>
285
286 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-L</b>,
287 <b>--language</b>=<i>NAME</i></p>
288
289 <p style="margin-left:22%;">recognise the specified XML
290 language</p>
291
292 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-o</b>,
293 <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>
294
295 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
296 file</p>
297
298
299 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--template</b>=<i>TEMPLATE</i></p>
300
301 <p style="margin-left:22%;">an XML file used as a
302 template</p>
303
304 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p>
305
306 <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .po files</p>
307
308 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The
309 <b>-l</b>, <b>-o</b>, and
310 <b>--template</b> options are mandatory. If
311 <b>-D</b> is specified, input files are read from the
312 directory instead of the command line arguments.</p>
313
314 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
315 syntax: <br>
316 -P</b>,
317 <b>--properties-input</b></p>
318
319 <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in Java
320 .properties syntax</p>
321
322
323 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-input</b></p>
324
325 <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in
326 NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p>
327
328 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
329 interpretation: <br>
330 -c</b>, <b>--check</b></p>
331
332 <p style="margin-left:22%;">perform all the checks implied
333 by <b>--check-format</b>,
334 <b>--check-header</b>,
335 <b>--check-domain</b></p>
336
337
338 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-format</b></p>
339
340 <p style="margin-left:22%;">check language dependent format
341 strings</p>
342
343
344 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-header</b></p>
345
346 <p style="margin-left:22%;">verify presence and contents of
347 the header entry</p>
348
349
350 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-domain</b></p>
351
352 <p style="margin-left:22%;">check for conflicts between
353 domain directives and the
354 <b>--output-file</b> option</p>
355
356 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-C</b>,
357 <b>--check-compatibility</b></p>
358
359 <p style="margin-left:22%;">check that GNU msgfmt behaves
360 like X/Open msgfmt</p>
361
362
363 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-accelerators</b>[=<i>CHAR</i>]</p>
364
365 <p style="margin-left:22%;">check presence of keyboard
366 accelerators for menu items</p>
367
368 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-f</b>,
369 <b>--use-fuzzy</b></p>
370
371 <p style="margin-left:22%;">use fuzzy entries in output</p>
372
373 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output
374 details: <br>
375 --no-convert</b></p>
376
377 <p style="margin-left:22%;">don&rsquo;t convert the
378 messages to UTF-8 encoding</p>
379
380
381 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-redundancy</b></p>
382
383 <p style="margin-left:22%;">don&rsquo;t pre-expand
384 ISO C 99 &lt;inttypes.h&gt; format string directive
385 macros</p>
386
387 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-a</b>,
388 <b>--alignment</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>
389
390 <p style="margin-left:22%;">align strings to NUMBER bytes
391 (default: 1)</p>
392
393
394 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--endianness</b>=<i>BYTEORDER</i></p>
395
396 <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out 32-bit numbers
397 in the given byte order (big or little, default depends on
398 platform)</p>
399
400
401 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-hash</b></p>
402
403 <p style="margin-left:22%;">binary file will not include
404 the hash table</p>
405
406 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative
407 output: <br>
408 -h</b>, <b>--help</b></p>
409
410 <p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p>
411
412 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-V</b>,
413 <b>--version</b></p>
414
415 <p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and
416 exit</p>
417
418
419 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--statistics</b></p>
420
421 <p style="margin-left:22%;">print statistics about
422 translations</p>
423
424 <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-v</b>,
425 <b>--verbose</b></p>
426
427 <p style="margin-left:22%;">increase verbosity level</p>
428
429 <h2>AUTHOR
430 <a name="AUTHOR"></a>
431 </h2>
432
433
434 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by
435 Ulrich Drepper.</p>
436
437 <h2>REPORTING BUGS
438 <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a>
439 </h2>
440
441
442 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs in
443 the bug tracker at
444 &lt;https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext&gt; or by
445 email to &lt;bug-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</p>
446
447 <h2>COPYRIGHT
448 <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a>
449 </h2>
450
451
452 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
453 &copy; 1995-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
454 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
455 &lt;https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt; <br>
456 This is free software: you are free to change and
457 redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
458 permitted by law.</p>
459
460 <h2>SEE ALSO
461 <a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
462 </h2>
463
464
465 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full
466 documentation for <b>msgfmt</b> is maintained as a Texinfo
467 manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgfmt</b> programs are
468 properly installed at your site, the command</p>
469
470 <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info
471 msgfmt</b></p>
472
473 <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you
474 access to the complete manual.</p>
475 <hr>
476 </body>
477 </html>