msgfmt - compile message catalogs
msgfmt [OPTION] filename.po ...
Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
-a, --alignment=NUMBER
align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
-c, --check
perform language dependent checks on strings
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
-f, --use-fuzzy
use fuzzy entries in output
-h, --help
display a help message and exit
--no-hash
binary file will not include the hash table
-o, --output-file=FILE
specify output file name as FILE
--statistics
print statistics about translations
--strict
enable strict Uniforum mode
-v, --verbose
list input file anomalies
-V, --version
output version information and exit
Giving the -v option more than once increases the verbosity level.
If input file is -, standard input is read. If output file is -, output
is written to standard output.
This package offers to programmers, translators and even users, a
well integrated set of tools and documentation that provides a framework
within which other free packages may produce multi-lingual messages.
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000, 2001 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.
gettext(1), msgmerge(1), xgettext(1)
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.
On Debian, the manual is also available in HTML format in the gettextdoc
package.
GNU gettext 0.10.36 April 2001 MSGFMT(1)
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