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NAME
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SEE ALSO

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.
Output details:
-l, --locale=LL_CC
set target locale
--no-translator
assume the PO file is automatically generated
-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 to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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.