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6 msgmerge - merge message catalog and template
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9 msgmerge [OPTION] def.po ref.pot
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12 Merges two Uniforum style .po files together. The def.po file is an
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14 newly created file as long as they still match; comments will be pre‐
15 served, but extracted comments and file positions will be discarded.
16 The ref.pot file is the last created PO file with up-to-date source
17 references but old translations, or a PO Template file (generally cre‐
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20 Where an exact match cannot be found, fuzzy matching is used to produce
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32 -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
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36 additional library of message translations, may be specified
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39 Operation mode:
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50 Output file location in update mode: The result is written back to
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59 The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or
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81 -N, --no-fuzzy-matching
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107 --no-location
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122 -w, --width=NUMBER
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125 --no-wrap
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132 -F, --sort-by-file
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135 Informative output:
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149 Written by Peter Miller.
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152 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
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155 Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
156 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
157 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
158 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
159 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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162 The full documentation for msgmerge is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
163 If the info and msgmerge programs are properly installed at your site,
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172GNU gettext-tools 0.17 November 2007 MSGMERGE(1)