1<html> 2<head> 3<meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> 4<meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> 5<title>MSGCONV</title> 6</head> 7<body> 8 9<h1 align=center>MSGCONV</h1> 10<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> 11<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> 12<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> 13<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> 14<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> 15<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> 16<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> 17 18<hr> 19<!-- Creator : groff version 1.17.2 --> 20<a name="NAME"></a> 21<h2>NAME</h2> 22<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 23 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 24<tr valign="top" align="left"> 25<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 26msgconv - character set conversion for message catalog</td></table> 27<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> 28<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> 29 30<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 31 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 32<tr valign="top" align="left"> 33<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 34<b>msgconv</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] 35[<i>INPUTFILE</i>]</td></table> 36<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> 37<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 38 39<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 40 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 41<tr valign="top" align="left"> 42<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 43Converts a translation catalog to a different character 44encoding.</td></table> 45 46<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 47 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 48<tr valign="top" align="left"> 49<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 50Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short 51options too.</td></table> 52 53<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 54 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 55<tr valign="top" align="left"> 56<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 57<b>Input file location:</b></td></table> 58 59<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 60 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 61<tr valign="top" align="left"> 62<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 63INPUTFILE</td></table> 64 65<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 66 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 67<tr valign="top" align="left"> 68<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 69input PO file</td></table> 70 71<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 72 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 73<tr valign="top" align="left"> 74<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 75<b>-D</b>, <b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></td></table> 76 77<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 78 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 79<tr valign="top" align="left"> 80<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 81add DIRECTORY to list for input files search</td></table> 82 83<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 84 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 85<tr valign="top" align="left"> 86<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 87If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is 88read.</td></table> 89 90<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 91 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 92<tr valign="top" align="left"> 93<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 94<b>Output file location:</b></td></table> 95 96<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 97 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 98<tr valign="top" align="left"> 99<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 100<b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></td></table> 101 102<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 103 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 104<tr valign="top" align="left"> 105<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 106write output to specified file</td></table> 107 108<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 109 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 110<tr valign="top" align="left"> 111<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 112The results are written to standard output if no output file 113is specified or if it is -.</td></table> 114 115<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 116 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 117<tr valign="top" align="left"> 118<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 119<b>Conversion target:</b></td></table> 120 121<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 122 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 123<tr valign="top" align="left"> 124<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 125<b>-t</b>, <b>--to-code</b>=<i>NAME</i></td></table> 126 127<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 128 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 129<tr valign="top" align="left"> 130<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 131encoding for output</td></table> 132 133<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 134 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 135<tr valign="top" align="left"> 136<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 137The default encoding is the current locale's 138encoding.</td></table> 139 140<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 141 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 142<tr valign="top" align="left"> 143<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 144<b>Input file syntax:</b></td></table> 145 146<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 147 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 148<tr valign="top" align="left"> 149<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 150<b>-P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></td></table> 151 152<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 153 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 154<tr valign="top" align="left"> 155<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 156input file is in Java .properties syntax</td></table> 157 158<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 159 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 160<tr valign="top" align="left"> 161<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 162<b>--stringtable-input</b></td></table> 163 164<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 165 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 166<tr valign="top" align="left"> 167<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 168input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings 169syntax</td></table> 170 171<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 172 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 173<tr valign="top" align="left"> 174<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 175<b>Output details:</b></td></table> 176 177<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 178 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 179<tr valign="top" align="left"> 180<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 181<b>-e</b>, <b>--no-escape</b></td></table> 182 183<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 184 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 185<tr valign="top" align="left"> 186<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 187do not use C escapes in output (default)</td></table> 188 189<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 190 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 191<tr valign="top" align="left"> 192<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 193<b>-E</b>, <b>--escape</b></td></table> 194 195<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 196 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 197<tr valign="top" align="left"> 198<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 199use C escapes in output, no extended chars</td></table> 200 201<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 202 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 203<tr valign="top" align="left"> 204<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 205<b>--force-po</b></td></table> 206 207<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 208 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 209<tr valign="top" align="left"> 210<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 211write PO file even if empty</td></table> 212 213<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 214 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 215<tr valign="top" align="left"> 216<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 217<b>-i</b>, <b>--indent</b></td></table> 218 219<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 220 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 221<tr valign="top" align="left"> 222<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 223indented output style</td></table> 224 225<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 226 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 227<tr valign="top" align="left"> 228<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 229<b>--no-location</b></td></table> 230 231<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 232 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 233<tr valign="top" align="left"> 234<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 235suppress '#: filename:line' lines</td></table> 236 237<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 238 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 239<tr valign="top" align="left"> 240<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 241<b>--add-location</b></td></table> 242 243<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 244 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 245<tr valign="top" align="left"> 246<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 247preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)</td></table> 248 249<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 250 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 251<tr valign="top" align="left"> 252<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 253<b>--strict</b></td></table> 254 255<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 256 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 257<tr valign="top" align="left"> 258<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 259strict Uniforum output style</td></table> 260 261<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 262 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 263<tr valign="top" align="left"> 264<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 265<b>-p</b>, <b>--properties-output</b></td></table> 266 267<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 268 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 269<tr valign="top" align="left"> 270<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 271write out a Java .properties file</td></table> 272 273<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 274 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 275<tr valign="top" align="left"> 276<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 277<b>--stringtable-output</b></td></table> 278 279<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 280 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 281<tr valign="top" align="left"> 282<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 283write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</td></table> 284 285<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 286 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 287<tr valign="top" align="left"> 288<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 289<b>-w</b>, <b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></td></table> 290 291<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 292 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 293<tr valign="top" align="left"> 294<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 295set output page width</td></table> 296 297<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 298 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 299<tr valign="top" align="left"> 300<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 301<b>--no-wrap</b></td></table> 302 303<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 304 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 305<tr valign="top" align="left"> 306<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 307do not break long message lines, longer than the output page 308width, into several lines</td></table> 309 310<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 311 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 312<tr valign="top" align="left"> 313<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 314<b>-s</b>, <b>--sort-output</b></td></table> 315 316<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 317 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 318<tr valign="top" align="left"> 319<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 320generate sorted output</td></table> 321 322<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 323 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 324<tr valign="top" align="left"> 325<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 326<b>-F</b>, <b>--sort-by-file</b></td></table> 327 328<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 329 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 330<tr valign="top" align="left"> 331<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 332sort output by file location</td></table> 333 334<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 335 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 336<tr valign="top" align="left"> 337<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 338<b>Informative output:</b></td></table> 339 340<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 341 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 342<tr valign="top" align="left"> 343<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 344<b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></td></table> 345 346<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 347 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 348<tr valign="top" align="left"> 349<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 350display this help and exit</td></table> 351 352<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 353 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 354<tr valign="top" align="left"> 355<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 356<b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table> 357 358<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 359 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 360<tr valign="top" align="left"> 361<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 362output version information and exit</td></table> 363<a name="AUTHOR"></a> 364<h2>AUTHOR</h2> 365 366<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 367 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 368<tr valign="top" align="left"> 369<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 370Written by Bruno Haible.</td></table> 371<a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> 372<h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2> 373 374<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 375 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 376<tr valign="top" align="left"> 377<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 378Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.</td></table> 379<a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> 380<h2>COPYRIGHT</h2> 381 382<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 383 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 384<tr valign="top" align="left"> 385<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 386Copyright 2001-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License 387GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 388<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;<br> 389This is free software: you are free to change and 390redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent 391permitted by law.</td></table> 392<a name="SEE ALSO"></a> 393<h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 394 395<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 396 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 397<tr valign="top" align="left"> 398<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 399The full documentation for <b>msgconv</b> is maintained as a 400Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgconv</b> 401programs are properly installed at your site, the 402command</td></table> 403 404<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 405 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 406<tr valign="top" align="left"> 407<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 408<b>info msgconv</b></td></table> 409 410<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 411 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 412<tr valign="top" align="left"> 413<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 414should give you access to the complete manual.</td></table> 415<hr> 416</body> 417</html> 418