intltool-update (8)

intltool-update [option]...

intltool-update LANGCODE

intltool-update generates new po file templates from source code, and merges existing translations with these new po templates.

You must change working directory to the subdirectory containing translations (usually "po/") before running intltool-update.

When executing intltool-update , only one mode of operation is allowed each time.

Mode of operation

-p

--pot

Generate po template (.pot) only.

-s

--headers

Executes intltool-extract(8) to extract strings inside XML/INI style files listed in POTFILES.in, and writes the extracted strings into header files, so that the strings can be recognised by xgettext(1).

-m

--maintain

Search for left out files, which should have been listed in POTFILES.in or POTFILES.skip. A list of all these files are written into another file called "missing".

-r

--report

Display a status report for all translations in the software.

-d LANGCODE

--dist LANGCODE

Merge LANGCODE.po with existing PO template.

Other options

-g NAME

--gettext-package=NAME

Manually specify PO template file name, instead of determining the name automatically from source. Useful with -p/--pot option. This option has an additional effect: the name of current working directory is no more limited to "po" or "po-*".

-o FILENAME

--output-file=FILENAME

Manually specify output FILENAME after merging old translation with PO template. Useful either with -d/--dist option or without any option.

-x

--verbose

Display lots of feedback.

--version

Show version information.

--help

Show usage and basic help information.

Creates a new PO template from source code, and name it foo.pot:

intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=foo

Updates translation file xy.po using existing po template called "bar.pot", and writes output into "xy1.po":

intltool-update --dist --gettext-package=bar --output-file=xy1.po xy

Creates new PO template and updates translation file xy.po (xy.po is overwritten with new content):

intltool-update xy

(same as intltool-update --pot && intltool-update --dist xy)

po/POTFILES.in

Contains list of source files which contain translatable strings, one file per line.

po/POTFILES.skip

po/POTFILES.ignore (obsolete)

Contains list of source files which should be ignored when searching for translatable strings.

Report bugs to http://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool

Darin Adler <[email protected]>

Kenneth Christiansen <[email protected]>

Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected]>

intltoolize(8), intltool-prepare(8), intltool-extract(8), intltool-merge(8), xgettext(1)