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def.po

translations referring to old sources

ref.pot

references to new sources

-D, --directory=DIRECTORY

add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

-C, --compendium=FILE

additional library of message translations, may be specified more than once

-U,  --update

update def.po, do nothing if def.po already up to date

-o,  --output-file=FILE

write output to specified file

The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.

Output file location in update mode: The result is written back to def.po.

--backup=CONTROL

make a backup of def.po

--suffix=SUFFIX

override the usual backup suffix

The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:

none, off

never make backups (even if --backup is given)

numbered, t

make numbered backups

existing, nil

numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise

simple, never

always make simple backups

The backup suffix is '~', unless set with --suffix or the SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable.

-m,  --multi-domain

apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po

--for-msgfmt

produce output for 'msgfmt', not for a translator

-N,  --no-fuzzy-matching

do not use fuzzy matching

--previous

keep previous msgids of translated messages

-P,  --properties-input

input files are in Java .properties syntax

--stringtable-input

input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

--lang=CATALOGNAME

set 'Language' field in the header entry

--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

-e,  --no-escape

do not use C escapes in output (default)

-E,  --escape

use C escapes in output, no extended chars

--force-po

write PO file even if empty

-i,  --indent

indented output style

--no-location

suppress '#: filename:line' lines

-n,  --add-location

preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)

--strict

strict Uniforum output style

-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

-s,  --sort-output

generate sorted output

-F,  --sort-by-file

sort output by file location

-h,  --help

display this help and exit

-V,  --version

output version information and exit

-v,  --verbose

increase verbosity level

-q,  --quiet,  --silent

suppress progress indicators