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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

       --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 to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2007 Free  Software  Founda-
       tion,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU GPL version 3 or later
       
       This is free software: you are free to change  and  redis-
       tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
       by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for msgcmp is maintained as a  Tex-
       info 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 0.17    November 2007                 MSGCMP(1)