NAME
    msgcmp - compare message catalog and template

SYNOPSIS
    msgcmp [OPTION] def.po ref.pot

DESCRIPTION
    Compare two Uniforum style .po files to check that both contain the
    same set of msgid strings. The def.po file is an existing PO file with
    the translations.  The ref.pot file is the last created PO file, or a
    PO Template file (generally created by xgettext). This is useful for
    checking  that you have translated each and every message in your pro-
    gram. Where an exact match cannot be found, fuzzy matching is used to
    produce better diagnostics.

    Mandatory arguments to  long options are mandatory for short options
    too.

  Input file location:
    def.po translations

    ref.pot
    references to the sources

    -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
    add DIRECTORY to list for input files search

  Operation modifiers:
    -m, --multi-domain
    apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po

  Informative output:
    -h, --help
    display this help and exit

    -V, --version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
    Written by Peter Miller.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
    The full documentation for msgcmp is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
    If the info and msgcmp programs are properly installed at your site,
    the command

    info msgcmp

    should give you access to the complete manual.