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 languageCOUNTRY
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 languageCOUNTRY
-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 languageCOUNTRY
-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 speci‐
fied 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 .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
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.
GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1 June 2016 MSGUNFMT(1)