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<!-- Creator : groff version 1.22.3 --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> p { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } pre { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } table { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } h1 { text-align: center } </style> <title>MSGFMT</title> </head> <body> <h1 align="center">MSGFMT</h1> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <hr> <h2>NAME <a name="NAME"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgfmt - compile message catalog to binary format</p> <h2>SYNOPSIS <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgfmt</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] <i>filename.po</i> ...</p> <h2>DESCRIPTION <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Similarly for optional arguments.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file location:</b> <br> filename.po ...</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-D</b>, <b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input files search</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If input file is -, standard input is read.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Operation mode: <br> -j</b>, <b>--java</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">Java mode: generate a Java ResourceBundle class</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--java2</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">like <b>--java</b>, and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--csharp</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">C# mode: generate a .NET .dll file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--csharp-resources</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">C# resources mode: generate a .NET .resources file</p> <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="7%"> <p><b>--tcl</b></p></td> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="63%"> <p>Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file</p></td> <td width="15%"> </td></tr> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="7%"> <p><b>--qt</b></p></td> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="63%"> <p>Qt mode: generate a Qt .qm file</p></td> <td width="15%"> </td></tr> </table> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--desktop</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">Desktop Entry mode: generate a .desktop file</p> <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="11%"></td> <td width="7%"> <p><b>--xml</b></p></td> <td width="4%"></td> <td width="41%"> <p>XML mode: generate XML file</p></td> <td width="37%"> </td></tr> </table> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file location: <br> -o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--strict</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">enable strict Uniforum mode</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If output file is -, output is written to standard output.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file location in Java mode: <br> -r</b>, <b>--resource</b>=<i>RESOURCE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">resource name</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--source</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">produce a .java file, instead of a .class file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of classes directory hierarchy</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The <b>-d</b> option is mandatory. The class is written under the specified directory.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file location in C# mode: <br> -r</b>, <b>--resource</b>=<i>RESOURCE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">resource name</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory for locale dependent .dll files</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The <b>-l</b> and <b>-d</b> options are mandatory. The .dll file is written in a subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file location in Tcl mode: <br> -l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .msg message catalogs</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The <b>-l</b> and <b>-d</b> options are mandatory. The .msg file is written in the specified directory.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Desktop Entry mode options: <br> -l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--template</b>=<i>TEMPLATE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">a .desktop file used as a template</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .po files</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-kWORD</b>, <b>--keyword</b>=<i>WORD</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">look for WORD as an additional keyword</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-k</b>, <b>--keyword</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not to use default keywords</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The <b>-l</b>, <b>-o</b>, and <b>--template</b> options are mandatory. If <b>-D</b> is specified, input files are read from the directory instead of the command line arguments.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>XML mode options: <br> -l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LOCALE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-L</b>, <b>--language</b>=<i>NAME</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">recognise the specified XML language</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--template</b>=<i>TEMPLATE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">an XML file used as a template</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-d</b> DIRECTORY</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">base directory of .po files</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The <b>-l</b>, <b>-o</b>, and <b>--template</b> options are mandatory. If <b>-D</b> is specified, input files are read from the directory instead of the command line arguments.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file syntax: <br> -P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in Java .properties syntax</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-input</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file interpretation: <br> -c</b>, <b>--check</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">perform all the checks implied by <b>--check-format</b>, <b>--check-header</b>, <b>--check-domain</b></p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-format</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">check language dependent format strings</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-header</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">verify presence and contents of the header entry</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-domain</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">check for conflicts between domain directives and the <b>--output-file</b> option</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-C</b>, <b>--check-compatibility</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">check that GNU msgfmt behaves like X/Open msgfmt</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--check-accelerators</b>[=<i>CHAR</i>]</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">check presence of keyboard accelerators for menu items</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-f</b>, <b>--use-fuzzy</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use fuzzy entries in output</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output details: <br> --no-convert</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">don’t convert the messages to UTF-8 encoding</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-redundancy</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">don’t pre-expand ISO C 99 <inttypes.h> format string directive macros</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-a</b>, <b>--alignment</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--endianness</b>=<i>BYTEORDER</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out 32-bit numbers in the given byte order (big or little, default depends on platform)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-hash</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">binary file will not include the hash table</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative output: <br> -h</b>, <b>--help</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and exit</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--statistics</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">print statistics about translations</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-v</b>, <b>--verbose</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">increase verbosity level</p> <h2>AUTHOR <a name="AUTHOR"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by Ulrich Drepper.</p> <h2>REPORTING BUGS <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.</p> <h2>COPYRIGHT <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright © 1995-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> <br> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.</p> <h2>SEE ALSO <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full documentation for <b>msgfmt</b> is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgfmt</b> programs are properly installed at your site, the command</p> <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info msgfmt</b></p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you access to the complete manual.</p> <hr> </body> </html>