puttext

PURPOSE

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

SYNOPSIS
     puttext [ [-n] [infile] [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: In order  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

     The following commands:  "gettext."

     The discussion  of puttext  in AIX Operating  System Pro-
     gramming Tools and Interfaces.