Manual: msgcmp

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NAME
       msgcmp - compare message catalog and template

SYNOPSIS
       msgcmp [OPTION] def.po ref.pot

DESCRIPTION
       Compare	two  Uniforum style .po files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings.	 The
       def.po file is an existing PO file with the translations.  The ref.pot file is the  last	 created  PO
       file,  or  a  PO Template file (generally created by xgettext).	This is useful for checking that you
       have translated each and every message in your program.	Where an exact match cannot be found,  fuzzy
       matching is used to produce better diagnostics.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

   Input file location:
       def.po translations

       ref.pot
	      references to the sources

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

   Operation modifiers:
       -m, --multi-domain
	      apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po

       -N, --no-fuzzy-matching
	      do not use fuzzy matching

       --use-fuzzy
	      consider fuzzy entries

       --use-untranslated
	      consider untranslated entries

   Input file syntax:
       -P, --properties-input
	      input files are in Java .properties syntax

       --stringtable-input
	      input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Peter Miller.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report  bugs  in	 the  bug  tracker  at	  or	 by email to
       .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU  GPL  version	3  or  later
       
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the ex‐
       tent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for msgcmp is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and msgcmp programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

	      info msgcmp

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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