MSGUNFMT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2020
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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

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COPYRIGHT

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.