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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.24.
.TH MSGFMT "1" "June 2001" "GNU gettext 0.11" GNU
.SH NAME
msgfmt \- compile message catalog to binary format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B msgfmt
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIfilename.po \fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SS "Input file location:"
.TP
filename.po ...
input files
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
.PP
If input file is -, standard input is read.
.SS "Output file location:"
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
write output to specified file
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fR
enable strict Uniforum mode
.PP
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
.SS "Input file interpretation:"
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR
perform language dependent checks on strings
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-use\-fuzzy\fR
use fuzzy entries in output
.SS "Output details:"
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-alignment\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-hash\fR
binary file will not include the hash table
.SS "Informative output:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-statistics\fR
print statistics about translations
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
list input file anomalies
.PP
Giving the \fB\-v\fR option more than once increases the verbosity level.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1995-1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B msgfmt
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B msgfmt
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info msgfmt
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.