erally created by xgettext).  Untranslated entries are assigned a
translation that is identical to the msgid.

</P>
<P>
Note: <SAMP>`msginit --no-translator --locale=en&acute;</SAMP> performs a very similar
task.  The main difference is that <CODE>msginit</CODE> cares specially about
the header entry, whereas <CODE>msgen</CODE> doesn't.

</P>


<H3><A NAME="SEC124" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC124">7.9.1  Input file location</A></H3>

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<DT><SAMP>`<VAR>inputfile</VAR>&acute;</SAMP>
<DD>
Input PO or