| msginit - initialize a message catalog | 
| msginit [OPTION] | 
| Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the user's environment. | 
| Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. | 
| Input file location: | 
| -i, --input=INPUTFILE | 
| input POT file | 
| If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is read. | 
| Output file location: | 
| -o, --output-file=FILE | 
| write output to specified PO file | 
| If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale option or the user's locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to standard output. | 
| Input file syntax: | 
| -P, --properties-input | 
| input file is in Java .properties syntax | 
| --stringtable-input | 
| input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax | 
| Output details: | 
| -l, --locale=LL_CC | 
| set target locale | 
| --no-translator | 
| assume the PO file is automatically generated | 
| -p, --properties-output | 
| write out a Java .properties file | 
| --stringtable-output | 
| write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file | 
| -w, --width=NUMBER | 
| set output page width | 
| --no-wrap | 
| do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines | 
| Informative output: | 
| -h, --help | 
| display this help and exit | 
| -V, --version | 
| output version information and exit | 
| Written by Bruno Haible. | 
| Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>. | 
| Copyright 2001-2005 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 PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | 
| The full documentation for msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site, the command | 
| info msginit | 
| should give you access to the complete manual. |