mkmsgs [options] string_file msg_fileConvert string_file (a list of text strings) into msg_file (the file whose format is readable by gettxt). The created msg_file is also used by the commands exstr and srchtxt.
-i localeCreate msg_file in directory: /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES. For example, if string_file is a collection of error messages in German, you might specify locale as german.
-oOverwrite existing msg_file.