MESTBL(M)                XENIX System V                 MESTBL(M)



     Name
          mestbl - Create a messages locale table.

     Syntax
          mestbl [ specfile ]

     Description
          The utility mestbl is provided to allow LC_MESSAGES locales
          to be defined. It reads in a specification file (or standard
          input if specfile is not defined), containing a definition
          for a particular locale's response strings to yes/no
          queries, and produces a concise format table file, to be
          read by setlocale(S).

          The response strings may be specified as a string held
          within double quotes or as a series of characters which are
          specified in one of six different ways (the following
          examples all specify the ASCII character 'A'):

                      65      - decimal
                      0101    - octal
                      0x41    - hexadecimal
                      'A'     - quoted character
                      '\101'  - quoted octal
                      '\x41'  - quoted hexadecimal

          or a combination of both methods, for example:

                      'y' "es"

          is identical to:

                      "yes"

          To specify the response strings, the above string
          definitions must be preceded by the keyword YESSTR= for
          affirmative responses, and NOSTR= for negative responses.

          All characters following the hash character are treated as a
          comment and ignored up to the end of the line, unless the
          hash is within a quoted string.

          The concise format locale table is placed in a file named
          messages in the current directory. This file should be
          copied or moved to the correct place in the setlocale(S)
          file tree (see locale(M)).  To prevent accidental corruption
          of the output data, the file is created with no write
          permission; if the mestbl utility is run in a directory
          containing a write-protected ``messages'' file, the utility
          will ask if the existing file should be replaced - any
          response other than ``yes'' or ``y'' will cause mestbl to
          terminate without overwriting the existing file.



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     See Also
          chrtbl(M), montbl(M), coltbl(M), locale(M), numtbl(M),
          timtbl(M), setlocale(S)

     Diagnostics
          All error messages printed are self explanatory.

















































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