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12366N/A<refentry id="intltool-prepare-1">

12366N/A<refmeta><refentrytitle>intltool-prepare</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

18574N/A<refmiscinfo class="date">3 Apr 2003</refmiscinfo>

12366N/A<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

12366N/A<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

12366N/A<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

12366N/A<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

18543N/A</refmeta>

16738N/A<indexterm><primary>intltool-prepare</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>

16861N/Aupdate <filename>pot</filename> files and merge the <filename>pot</filename>

17585N/Afiles with translation (<filename>po</filename>) files</primary></indexterm>

16861N/A<refnamediv id="intltool-prepare-1-name"><refname>intltool-prepare</refname><refpurpose>

12366N/Aupdate <filename>pot</filename> files and merge the <filename>pot</filename>

12366N/Afiles with translation (<filename>po</filename>) files</refpurpose></refnamediv>

12366N/A<refsynopsisdiv id="intltool-prepare-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

12366N/A<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command><arg choice="opt"><option>-help</option></arg>

12366N/A<arg choice="opt"><option>-verbose</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>

12384N/A-version</option></arg><arg choice="plain"><replaceable>keyword</replaceable></arg>

15362N/A</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

12366N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

12366N/A<para><command>&cmd;</command> opens the source files and header files that

12366N/Aare specified in the <filename>po/POTFILES</filename> files, to search for

12366N/Astrings that have been marked for translation, and updates the <filename>

12366N/A.pot</filename> files. <command>&cmd;</command> then merges the <filename>

12366N/A.pot</filename> files with the translation (<filename>.po</filename>) files.

12366N/A</para>

12366N/A</refsect1>

12366N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

15362N/A<para>The following options are supported:</para>

12366N/A<variablelist termlength="narrow"><varlistentry><term><option>-help</option></term>

13400N/A<listitem><para>Show usage and basic help information. You can also use <option>

13400N/AH</option> to specify this option.</para>

16861N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

17585N/A<varlistentry><term><option>-verbose</option></term><listitem><para>Provide

12384N/Aadditional feedback. You can also use <option>X</option> to specify this option.

12366N/A</para>

12366N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

12366N/A<varlistentry><term><option>-version</option></term><listitem><para>Show version

12366N/Ainformation. You can also use <option>V</option> to specify this option.</para>

12366N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

12366N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

12366N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>

12366N/A<para>The following operands are supported:</para>

12366N/A<variablelist termlength="narrow"><varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>

12366N/Akeyword</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specifies an extra key,

12366N/Ain addition to Name, Comment, and description.</para>

12366N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

12366N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

12366N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

12366N/A<example role="example"><title>Updating the .pot File in the po Directory

12384N/Aand Merging the .pot File With the .po Files in That Directory</title>

12384N/A<para><screen>example% <userinput>cd /po

12384N/A&cmd; </userinput>

12384N/A<computeroutput>Working, please wait...

12384N/AFinding interesting files...done</computeroutput></screen></para>

12366N/A</example>

12366N/A</refsect1>

18574N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

18574N/A<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

18515N/A<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

18515N/A<listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para>

18462N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

18462N/A<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

17585N/Aexited with failure</para>

17585N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

17585N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

17585N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

17585N/A<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

16861N/A<variablelist termlength="wide"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename>

16861N/A</term><listitem><para>The command-line executable for the application.</para>

16832N/A</listitem></varlistentry>

16832N/A</variablelist></refsect1>

16801N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

16801N/A<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

16739N/A<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

16739N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

16717N/A<informaltable frame="all">

16717N/A<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

16191N/A<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

16191N/A<thead>

16145N/A<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

16145N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

15844N/A</thead>

15844N/A<tbody>

15634N/A<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>developer/gnome/gettext

15634N/A</para></entry></row>

15362N/A<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

15362N/Acolname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

14361N/A</tbody>

14361N/A</tgroup>

14361N/A</informaltable>

13990N/A</refsect1>

13990N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

13780N/A<para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>intltool-extract</refentrytitle><manvolnum>

13697N/A1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intltool-merge

13697N/A</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>

13594N/Aintltool-unicodify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>

13594N/A<refentrytitle>intltool-update</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>

13589N/A<refentrytitle>intltoolize</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>

13584N/A</refsect1>

13584N/A<refsect1 id="intltool-prepare-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

13533N/A<para>For more information, see the <filename>I18N-HOWTO</filename> file,

13533N/Awhich is provided with the <application>intltool</application> source code.

12746N/A</para>

12746N/A<para>Updated by Damien Donlon, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. Written by Darin

12538N/AAdler, Kenneth Christiansen, Maciej Stachowiak.</para>

12538N/A</refsect1>

12538N/A</refentry>

12451N/A