mkmsgs(1)                        DG/UX 5.4.2                       mkmsgs(1)


NAME
       mkmsgs - create message files for use by gettxt

SYNOPSIS
       mkmsgs [-o] [-i locale] inputstrings msgfile
       mkmsgs -d msgfile

DESCRIPTION
       The mkmsgs utility is part of the AT&T-style message facility.  It is
       used to create a file of text strings that can be accessed using the
       text retrieval tools (see gettxt(1), srchtxt(1), exstr(1), and
       gettxt(3C)).  It will take as input a file of text strings for a
       particular geographic locale (see setlocale(3C)) and create a file of
       text strings in a format that can be retrieved by both gettxt(1) and
       gettxt(3C).  By using the -i option, you can install the created file
       under the /usr/lib/locale/locale/LCMESSAGES directory (locale
       corresponds to the language in which the text strings are written).


       inputstrings
                   the name of the file that contains the original text
                   strings.

       msgfile     the name of the output file where mkmsgs writes the
                   strings in a format that is readable by gettxt(1) and
                   gettxt(3C).  The name of msgfile can be up to 14
                   characters in length, but may not contain either \0
                   (null) or the ASCII code for / (slash) or : (colon).

       -i locale   install msgfile in the /usr/lib/locale/locale/LCMESSAGES
                   directory.  Only someone who is super-user or a member of
                   group bin can create or overwrite files in this
                   directory.  Directories under /usr/lib/locale will be
                   created if they don't exist.

       -o          overwrite msgfile, if it exists.

       -d          writes to standard output the original text strings that
                   were used to create the existing msgfile.

       The input file contains a set of text strings for the particular
       geographic locale.  Text strings are separated by a new-line
       character.  Nongraphic characters must be represented as alphabetic
       escape sequences.  Messages are transformed and copied sequentially
       from inputstrings to msgfile.  To generate an empty message in
       msgfile, leave an empty line at the correct place in inputstrings.

       Strings can be changed simply by editing the file inputstrings.  New
       strings must be added only at the end of the file; then a new msgfile
       file must be created and installed in the correct place.  If this
       procedure is not followed, the retrieval function will retrieve the
       wrong string and software compatibility will be broken.





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EXAMPLES
       The following example shows an input message source file C.str:
              File %s:\t cannot be opened\n
              %s: Bad directory\n
                   .
                   .
                   .
              write error\n
                   .
                   .

       The following command uses the input strings from C.str to create
       text strings in the appropriate format in the file UX in the current
       directory:
              mkmsgs C.str UX

       The following command uses the input strings from FR.str to create
       text strings in the appropriate format in the file UX in the
       directory /usr/lib/locale/french/LCMESSAGES/UX.
              mkmsgs -i french FR.str UX

       These text strings would be accessed if you had set the environment
       variable LCMESSAGES=french and then invoked one of the text
       retrieval tools listed at the beginning of the DESCRIPTION section.

FILES
       /usr/lib/locale/locale/LCMESSAGES/*  Message files created by
                                             mkmsgs(1M)

SEE ALSO
       exstr(1), gettxt(1), srchtxt(1), gettxt(3C), setlocale(3C).
       gencat(1), catgets(1), catopen(3C), catgets(3C) -- X/Open-style
       message facilities.
























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