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<h1 align=center>MSGINIT</h1>
<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
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<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<p>msginit &minus; initialize a message catalog</p>
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<p><b>msginit</b> [<i>OPTION</i>]</p>
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<p>Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information
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<p>Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for
short options too.</p>
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<p><b>Input file location:</b></p></td>
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<p><b>&minus;i</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;input</b>=<i>INPUTFILE</i></p></td>
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<p>input POT file</p>
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<p>If no input file is given, the current directory is
searched for the POT file.  If it is -, standard input is
read.</p>
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<p><b>Output file location:</b></p></td>
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<p><b>&minus;o</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;output&minus;file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p></td>
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<p>write output to specified PO file</p>
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<p>If no output file is given, it depends on the
<b>&minus;&minus;locale</b> option or the user&rsquo;s
locale setting.  If it is -, the results are written to
standard output.</p>
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<p><b>Input file syntax:</b></p></td>
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<p><b>&minus;P</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;properties&minus;input</b></p></td>
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<p>input file is in Java .properties syntax</p>
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<p><b>&minus;&minus;stringtable&minus;input</b></p></td>
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<p>input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p>
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<p><b>Output details:</b></p></td>
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<p><b>&minus;l</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;locale</b>=<i>LL_CC</i></p></td>
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<p>set target locale</p>
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<p><b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;translator</b></p></td>
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<p>assume the PO file is automatically generated</p>
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<p><b>&minus;&minus;color</b></p></td>
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<p>use colors and other text attributes always</p>
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<p><b>&minus;&minus;color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p></td>
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<p>use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.  WHEN may be
&rsquo;always&rsquo;, &rsquo;never&rsquo;,
&rsquo;auto&rsquo;, or &rsquo;html&rsquo;.</p>
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<p><b>&minus;&minus;style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p></td>
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<p>specify CSS style rule file for
<b>&minus;&minus;color</b></p>
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<p><b>&minus;p</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;properties&minus;output</b></p></td>
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<p>write out a Java .properties file</p>
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<p><b>&minus;&minus;stringtable&minus;output</b></p></td>
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<p>write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</p>
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<p><b>&minus;w</b>,
<b>&minus;&minus;width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p></td>
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<p>set output page width</p>
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<p><b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;wrap</b></p></td>
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<p>do not break long message lines, longer than the output
page width, into several lines</p>
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<p><b>Informative output:</b></p></td>
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<p><b>&minus;h</b>, <b>&minus;&minus;help</b></p></td>
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<p>display this help and exit</p>
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<p><b>&minus;V</b>, <b>&minus;&minus;version</b></p></td>
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<p>output version information and exit</p>
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<p>Written by Bruno Haible.</p>
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<p>Report bugs to &lt;bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</p>
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<p>Copyright &copy; 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
&lt;http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt;<br>
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
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<p>The full documentation for <b>msginit</b> is maintained
as a Texinfo manual.  If the <b>info</b> and <b>msginit</b>
programs are properly installed at your site, the
command</p>
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<p><b>info msginit</b></p>
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<p>should give you access to the complete manual.</p>
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