August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
1000 pages
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/usr/bin/msgfmt [-v][-o output-file] filename.po...
msgfmt creates message object files from portable object files (filename .po), without changing the portable object files.
The .po file contains messages displayed to users by system commands or by application programs. You can edit .po files and rewrite the messages in them in any language supported by the system.
You can use the xgettext(1) command to create .po files from scripts or programs.
msgfmt interprets data as characters according to the current setting of the LC_CTYPE locale category.
Note
Neither msgfmt nor any gettext() routine imposes a limit on the total length of a message. However, each line in the ...
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