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NAME

       msgfmt - create a message object from a message file

SYNOPSIS

       msgfmt [ -v ] filename.po ...

DESCRIPTION

       msgfmt creates a message object filename .mo file from the portable message file filename.po.

       The  .po  file contains strings extracted from source code.  .po files can be edited, and the messages in
       them can changed to accomodate any language supported by the system.

       The xgettext command (see xgettext(1)) can be used to create the default.po file.

       The msgfmt command does not modify the portable object files.

   Portable Object Files
       Each .po file contains one or more lines.  Each line contains either a comment or a statement.   Comments
       start the line with a hash mark (#) and end with the newline character and are ignored.

       Each  directive  starts  on  a new line and is separated from <value> by white space (such as one or more
       space or tab characters).  <value> consists of one or more quoted strings separated  by  white  space  or
       <CR>.  The following are valid directives:
              domain domainname
              msgid message_identifier
              msgstr message_string

       The domain directive identifies all following directives until another domain directive is encountered as
       applying to the domain domainname.  The domainname is a string  up  to  MAXDOMAIN  bytes  long,  and  can
       contain  any  characters  allowed in legal filenames.  Until the first domain directive is encountered in
       the file, all target strings belong to the default domain.  The default domain is called default.

       The  msgid  directive  specifies  the  message  identifier  for  the  following  msgstr  directive.   The
       message_identifier  string  identifies  a  target string at retrieval time.  Every statement containing a
       msgid directive must be followed by a statement containing a msgstr directive.

       The msgstr directive specifies the target string associated with the message_identifier  string  declared
       in the immediately preceding msgid directive.

OPTIONS

       -v        Verbose.  List duplicate message identifiers.  Message strings are not redefined.

EXAMPLES

       The  following  command  creates a named  .mo file for each domain named in the portable message objects
       filename1.po and filename2.po.

              msgfmt filename1.po filename2.po

       Running msgfmt(1) on the following sample .po file creates two .mo files, named first.mo and second.mo.
              domain "first.mo"
              msgid "aao"
              msgstr "first sample message"
              domain "second.mo"
              msgid "bbo"
              msgstr "second sample message"

SEE ALSO

       xgettext(1), gettext(3).

                                                  25 July 1990                                         msgfmt(1)