INTLTOOL-UPDATE(8)                                                                                            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 tem-
       plates.

       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
       --verbose
           Display lots of feedback.

       --version
           Show version information.

       --help
           Show usage and basic help information.


EXAMPLES
       Creates a new PO template from source code, and name it foo.pot:

         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 <darinATbentspoon.com>
       Kenneth Christiansen <kennethATgnu.org>
       Maciej Stachowiak <mjsATeazel.com>


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



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