# MSGUNFMT

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## NAME

| msgunfmt − uncompile message catalog from binary format

## SYNOPSIS

| msgunfmt [OPTION] [FILE]...

## DESCRIPTION

| Convert binary message catalog to Uniforum style .po file. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

| Operation mode:

| −j, −−java

| Java mode: input is a Java ResourceBundle class

| −−csharp

| C# mode: input is a .NET .dll file

| −−csharp−resources

| C# resources mode: input is a .NET .resources file

| −−tcl |  | Tcl mode: input is a tcl/msgcat .msg file |

| Input file location:

| FILE ...

| input .mo files

| If no input file is given or if it is -, standard input is read.

| Input file location in Java mode:

| −r, −−resource=RESOURCE

| resource name

| −l, −−locale=LOCALE

| locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

| The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The class is located using the CLASSPATH.

| Input file location in C# mode:

| −r, −−resource=RESOURCE

| resource name

| −l, −−locale=LOCALE

| locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

| −d DIRECTORY

| base directory for locale dependent .dll files

| The −l and −d options are mandatory. The .dll file is located in a subdirectory of the specified directory whose name depends on the locale.

| Input file location in Tcl mode:

| −l, −−locale=LOCALE

| locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY

| −d DIRECTORY

| base directory of .msg message catalogs

| The −l and −d options are mandatory. The .msg file is located in the specified directory.

| Output file location:

| −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 details:

| −−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

| write indented output style

| −−strict

| write strict uniforum 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

| Informative output:

| −h, −−help

| display this help and exit

| −V, −−version

| output version information and exit

| −v, −−verbose

| increase verbosity level

## AUTHOR

| Written by Ulrich Drepper.

## REPORTING BUGS

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

## COPYRIGHT

| Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

| The full documentation for msgunfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgunfmt programs are properly installed at your site, the command

| info msgunfmt

| should give you access to the complete manual.