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MSGINIT(1)		       GNU		       MSGINIT(1)

NAME
       msginit - initialize a message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msginit [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Creates	a  new PO file, initializing the meta information
       with values from the user's environment.

       Mandatory arguments to  long  options  are  mandatory  for
       short options too.

   Input file location:
       -i, --input=INPUTFILE
	      input POT file

       If  no  input  file  is	given,	the  current directory is
       searched for the POT file.  If it is -, standard input  is
       read.

   Output file location:
       -o, --output-file=FILE
	      write output to specified PO file

       If  no  output  file  is given, it depends on the --locale
       option or the user's locale setting.   If  it  is  -,  the
       results are written to standard output.

   Output details:
       -l, --locale=LL_CC
	      set target locale

       --no-translator
	      assume the PO file is automatically generated

       -w, --width=NUMBER
	      set output page width

       --no-wrap
	      do  not  break  long message lines, longer than the
	      output page width, into several lines

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for msginit is maintained as a Tex-
       info  manual.   If the info and msginit programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

	      info msginit

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext 0.11.5	   August 2002		       MSGINIT(1)

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