# MSGINIT

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## 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.

| Input file syntax:

| −P, −−properties−input

| input file is in Java .properties syntax

| −−stringtable−input

| input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

| Output details:

| −l, −−locale=LL_CC

| set target locale

| −−no−translator

| assume the PO file is automatically generated

| −−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

| −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

| 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 © 2001-2010 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 msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site, the command

| info msginit

| should give you access to the complete manual.