xgettext

xgettext [options ] files
xgettext -h

Solaris only. Extract messages (specially marked strings) from C and C++ source files. Place them in a "portable object" file (file .po ) for translation and compilation by msgfmt . By default, xgettext only extracts strings inside calls to the gettext (3C) and dgettext (3C) functions. Source files are named on the command line. A filename of - indicates the standard input.

Options

-a

Extract all strings, not just those in calls to gettext or dgettext .

-c tag

Copy source file comments marked with tag into the .po file as # -delimited comments.

-d domain

Use domain .po as the output file instead of messages.po .

-h

Print a help message on the standard output.

-j

Join (merge) extracted messages with those in the current .po file. Domain directives in the existing .po file are ignored.

-m prefix

Fill each msgstr with prefix . Intended for debugging.

-M suffix

Fill each msgstr with suffix . Intended for debugging.

-n

Add comments to the .po file indicating the source filename and line number where each string is used.

-p path

Place output files in the directory path .

-s

Sort the output by msgid (original string), with all duplicates removed.

-x exfile

exfile is a .po file with msgid s that are not to be extracted (i.e., excluded).