---
name: "Jifty::Script::Po"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libjifty-perl"
version: "1.10518+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Jifty::Script::Po"
---

# Jifty::Script::Po(3pm)

Extract translatable strings from your application

### options

Returns a hash of all the options this script takes. (See the usage message for details)

### run

Runs the "update\_catalogs" method.

### \_check\_mime\_type FILENAME

This routine returns a mimetype for the file `"FILENAME"`.

### update\_catalogs

Extracts localizable messages from all files in your application, finds all your message catalogs and updates them with new and changed messages.

### update\_catalog FILENAME

Reads `"FILENAME"`, a message catalog and integrates new or changed  translations.

### extract\_messages

Find all translatable messages in your application, using  Locale::Maketext::Extract.

### print\_help

Prints out help for the package using pod2usage.

If the user specified --help, prints a brief usage message

If the user specified --man, prints out a manpage

### pot\_name

Returns the name of the po template.

## NAME

Jifty::Script::Po - Extract translatable strings from your application

## SYNOPSIS

```
  jifty po --language <lang>  Creates a <lang>.po file for translation
  jifty po                    Updates all existing po files
 Options:
   --language         Language to deal with
   --dir              Additional directories to extract from
   --js               Generate json files from the current po files
   --help             brief help message
   --man              full documentation
```

## OPTIONS

- **--language**

  This script an option, `"--language"`, which is optional; it is the name of a message catalog to create.

- **--dir**

  Specify explicit directories to extract from. Can be used multiple times.  The default directories will not be extracted if you use this option.

- **--template\_name**

  Specify the name of the po template.  Default to the lower-cased application name.

- **--podir**

  Specify the directory of the po templates.

- **--js**

  If `"--js"` is given, other options are ignored and the script will generate json files for each language under *share/web/static/js/dict* from the current po files.  Before doing so, you might want to run `"jifty po"` with `"--dir share/web/static/js"` to include messages from javascript in your po files.

- **--help**

  Print a brief help message and exits.

- **--man**

  Prints the manual page and exits.

## DESCRIPTION

Extracts message catalogs for your Jifty app. When run, Jifty will update all existing message catalogs, as well as create a new one if you specify a --language option.