msginit - initialize a message catalog
msginit [OPTION]
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NAME
msginit - initialize a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msginit [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
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.
Input file location:
-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.
Output file location:
-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.
Input file syntax:
-P, --properties-input
input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:
-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
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savan-
nah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | text/gnu-gettext |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
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.
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/get-
text-0.21.tar.xz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext.
GNU gettext-tools 20200704
July 2020 MSGINIT(1)