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NAME         top

       msginit - initialize a message catalog

SYNOPSIS         top

       msginit [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION         top

       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.
   Input file syntax:
       -P, --properties-input
              input file is in Java .properties syntax
       --stringtable-input
              input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
   Output details:
       -l, --locale=LL_CC
              set target locale
       --no-translator
              assume the PO file is automatically generated
       --color
              use colors and other text attributes always
       --color=WHEN
              use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.  WHEN may be
              'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
       --style=STYLEFILE
              specify CSS style rule file for --color
       -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
   Informative output:
       -h, --help
              display this help and exit
       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2001-2016 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         top

       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.

COLOPHON         top

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