msgfmt - compile message catalog to binary format
msgfmt [OPTION] filename.po ...
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.
- -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
- -o, --output-file=FILE
- write output to specified file
- --strict
- enable strict Uniforum mode
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
- -r, --resource=RESOURCE
- resource name
- -l, --locale=LOCALE
- locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
- -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.
- -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.
- -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.
- -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
- -a, --alignment=NUMBER
- align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
- --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
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2006 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.
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.