PUTTEXT(1,C)                AIX Commands Reference                 PUTTEXT(1,C)



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puttext



PURPOSE

Updates an output file that contains message/insert/help descriptions.

SYNTAX


           +------+            +-----------+
puttext ---|      |-- infile --|           |---|
           +- -n -+            +- outfile -+


DESCRIPTION

The puttext command uses the message/insert/help descriptions in infile to
change, delete and add message/insert/help text to outfile for a component.
(For information about the format and contents of infile, see AIX Operating
System Programming Tools and Interfaces.)

The infile parameter specifies the name of the file where the
message/insert/help descriptions reside.  See AIX Operating System Programming
Tools and Interfaces for a discussion of the gettext output file parameters
that describes the format and contents of this file.

The outfile parameter specifies the name of the output file.  If you specify an
outfile that does not exist, a new component file is created.  If you specify
an existing outfile, a copy of that file is renamed as a backup file.  In this
case, an old backup file will be deleted.

Note:  For the new file to be accessed by the message support run-time
       services, the output file name must be in the format xxxccc_EN.m.  If
       you do not specify outfile, the component ID is prefixed to _EN.m to
       form the output file name.

FLAG

-n Causes puttext to assign available index numbers to the input descriptions.
   If you specify this flag, all the index number fields of the input file must
   be underscore characters or blanks.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "gettext."







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