NAME¶
msgfmt - compile message catalog to binary format
SYNOPSIS¶
msgfmt [
OPTION]
filename.po ...
DESCRIPTION¶
Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Similarly for optional arguments.
- filename.po ...
- input files
- -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
- add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file is -, standard input is read.
Operation mode:¶
- -j, --java
- Java mode: generate a Java ResourceBundle class
- --java2
- like --java, and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)
- --csharp
- C# mode: generate a .NET .dll file
- --csharp-resources
- C# resources mode: generate a .NET .resources file
- --tcl
- Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file
- --qt
- Qt mode: generate a Qt .qm file
- --desktop
- Desktop Entry mode: generate a .desktop file
Output file location:¶
- -o, --output-file=FILE
- write output to specified file
- --strict
- enable strict Uniforum mode
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
Output file location in Java mode:¶
- -r, --resource=RESOURCE
- resource name
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- --source
- produce a .java file, instead of a .class file
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of classes directory hierarchy
The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name,
separated with an underscore. The
-d option is mandatory. The class is
written under the specified directory.
Output file location in C# mode:¶
- -r, --resource=RESOURCE
- resource name
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory for locale dependent .dll files
The
-l and
-d options are mandatory. The .dll file is written in a
subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.
Output file location in Tcl mode:¶
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of .msg message catalogs
The
-l and
-d options are mandatory. The .msg file is written in
the specified directory.
Desktop Entry mode options:¶
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -o, --output-file=FILE
- write output to specified file
- --template=TEMPLATE
- a .desktop file used as a template
- -d DIRECTORY
- base directory of .po files
- -kWORD, --keyword=WORD
- look for WORD as an additional keyword
- -k, --keyword
- do not to use default keywords
The
-l,
-o, and
--template options are mandatory. If
-D is specified, input files are read from the directory instead of the
command line arguments.
- -P, --properties-input
- input files are in Java .properties syntax
- --stringtable-input
- input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
- -c, --check
- perform all the checks implied by --check-format,
--check-header, --check-domain
- --check-format
- check language dependent format strings
- --check-header
- verify presence and contents of the header entry
- --check-domain
- check for conflicts between domain directives and the --output-file
option
- -C, --check-compatibility
- check that GNU msgfmt behaves like X/Open msgfmt
- --check-accelerators[=CHAR]
- check presence of keyboard accelerators for menu items
- -f, --use-fuzzy
- use fuzzy entries in output
Output details:¶
- -a, --alignment=NUMBER
- align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
- --endianness=BYTEORDER
- write out 32-bit numbers in the given byte order (big or little, default
depends on platform)
- --no-hash
- binary file will not include the hash table
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit
- -V, --version
- output version information and exit
- --statistics
- print statistics about translations
- -v, --verbose
- increase verbosity level
AUTHOR¶
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <
http://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.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for
msgfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
msgfmt programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info msgfmt
should give you access to the complete manual.
