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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 templates.

       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 <darin@bentspoon.com>
       Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
       Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>

SEE ALSO

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