NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       msgcmp - compare two message catalogs

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       msgcmp [OPTION] def.po ref.po

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.

       -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
	      add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

       -h, --help
	      display a help message and exit

       -V, --version
	      output version information and exit

       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 old translations.  The ref.po file is  the  last  created  PO  file
       (generally  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.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by Peter Miller.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000, 2001 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.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       gettext(1), msgfmt(1), xgettext(1)

       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.

       On  Debian, the manual is also available in HTML format in the gettextdoc
 package.



GNU gettext 0.10.36		  April 2001			     MSGCMP(1)