| MSGEN(1) | GNU | MSGEN(1) |
Creates an English translation catalog. The input file is the last created English PO file, or a PO Template file (generally created by xgettext). Untranslated entries are assigned a translation that is identical to the msgid.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
| INPUTFILE | input PO or POT file |
| -D, --directory=DIRECTORY | add DIRECTORY to list for input files search |
If input file is -, standard input is read.
| -o, --output-file=FILE | write output to specified file |
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.
| -P, --properties-input | input file is in Java .properties syntax |
| --stringtable-input | input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax |
| -e, --no-escape | do not use C escapes in output (default) |
| -E, --escape | use C escapes in output, no extended chars |
| --force-po | write PO file even if empty |
| -i, --indent | indented output style |
| --no-location | suppress '#: filename:line' lines |
| --add-location | preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default) |
| --strict | strict Uniforum output style |
| -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 |
| -s, --sort-output | generate sorted output |
| -F, --sort-by-file | sort output by file location |
| -h, --help | display this help and exit |
| -V, --version | output version information and exit |
| info msgen |
should give you access to the complete manual.
| April 2005 | GNU gettext-tools 0.14.4 |