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<refentry id="intltool-prepare-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>intltool-prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">3 Apr 2003</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>intltool-prepare</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>

update <filename>pot</filename> files and merge the <filename>pot</filename>

files with translation (<filename>po</filename>) files</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="intltool-prepare-1-name"><refname>intltool-prepare</refname><refpurpose>

update <filename>pot</filename> files and merge the <filename>pot</filename>

files with translation (<filename>po</filename>) files</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="intltool-prepare-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command><arg choice="opt"><option>-help</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>-verbose</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>

-version</option></arg><arg choice="plain"><replaceable>keyword</replaceable></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para><command>&cmd;</command> opens the source files and header files that

are specified in the <filename>po/POTFILES</filename> files, to search for

strings that have been marked for translation, and updates the <filename>

.pot</filename> files. <command>&cmd;</command> then merges the <filename>

.pot</filename> files with the translation (<filename>.po</filename>) files.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow"><varlistentry><term><option>-help</option></term>

<listitem><para>Show usage and basic help information. You can also use <option>

H</option> to specify this option.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-verbose</option></term><listitem><para>Provide

additional feedback. You can also use <option>X</option> to specify this option.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-version</option></term><listitem><para>Show version

information. You can also use <option>V</option> to specify this option.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>

<para>The following operands are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="narrow"><varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>

keyword</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specifies an extra key,

in addition to Name, Comment, and description.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example"><title>Updating the .pot File in the po Directory

and Merging the .pot File With the .po Files in That Directory</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>cd /po

&cmd; </userinput>

<computeroutput>Working, please wait...

Finding interesting files...done</computeroutput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited with failure</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="wide"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename>

</term><listitem><para>The command-line executable for the application.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>developer/gnome/gettext

</para></entry></row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>intltool-extract</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intltool-merge

</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>

intltool-unicodify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>intltool-update</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>intltoolize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>For more information, see the <filename>I18N-HOWTO</filename> file,

which is provided with the <application>intltool</application> source code.

</para>

<para>Updated by Damien Donlon, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. Written by Darin

Adler, Kenneth Christiansen, Maciej Stachowiak.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>