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

   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 to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-1998, 2000-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying  conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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.



GNU gettext-tools 0.14.1	 January 2004			    MSGCMP(1)