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INTLTOOL-UPDATE(8)                             System Manager's Manual                             INTLTOOL-UPDATE(8)



NAME
       intltool-update - updates PO template file and merge translations with it


SYNOPSIS
       intltool-update [option]...
       intltool-update LANGCODE


DESCRIPTION
       intltool-update  generates new po file templates from source code, and merges existing translations with these
       new po templates.

       You must change working directory to the subdirectory containing translations (usually "po/")  before  running
       intltool-update.


OPTIONS
       When executing intltool-update , only one mode of operation is allowed each time.

   Mode of operation
       -p
       --pot
           Generate po template (.pot) only.

       -s
       --headers
           Executes  intltool-extract(8)  to  extract  strings  inside XML/INI style files listed in POTFILES.in, and
           writes the extracted strings into header files, so that the strings can be recognised by xgettext(1).

       -m
       --maintain
           Search for left out files, which should have been listed in POTFILES.in or POTFILES.skip.  A list  of  all
           these files are written into another file called "missing".

       -r
       --report
           Display a status report for all translations in the software.

       -d LANGCODE
       --dist LANGCODE
           Merge LANGCODE.po with existing PO template.

   Other options
       -g NAME
       --gettext-package=NAME
           Manually  specify PO template file name, instead of determining the name automatically from source. Useful
           with -p/--pot option. This option has an additional effect: the name of current working  directory  is  no
           more limited to "po" or "po-*".

       -o FILENAME
       --output-file=FILENAME
           Manually  specify  output  FILENAME  after  merging  old  translation with PO template. Useful either with
           -d/--dist option or without any option.

       -x

         intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=foo

       Updates translation file xy.po using existing po template called "bar.pot", and writes output into "xy1.po":

         intltool-update --dist --gettext-package=bar --output-file=xy1.po xy

       Creates new PO template and updates translation file xy.po (xy.po is overwritten with new content):

         intltool-update xy
         (same as intltool-update --pot && intltool-update --dist xy)


FILES
       po/POTFILES.in
              Contains list of source files which contain translatable strings, one file per line.

       po/POTFILES.skip
       po/POTFILES.ignore (obsolete)
              Contains list of source files which should be ignored when searching for translatable strings.


REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to http://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool


AUTHOR
       Darin Adler <[email protected]>
       Kenneth Christiansen <[email protected]>
       Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected]>


SEE ALSO
       intltoolize(8), intltool-prepare(8), intltool-extract(8), intltool-merge(8), xgettext(1)



intltool                                              2003-08-02                                   INTLTOOL-UPDATE(8)