Recusive xgettext?

Question

How can I compile a .po file using xgettext with PHP files with a single command recursively?

My PHP files exist in a hierarchy, and the straight xgettext command doesn't seem to dig down recursively.

Answer 1

Got it:

find . -iname "*.php" | xargs xgettext

I was trying to use -exec before, but that would only run one file at a time. This runs them on the bunch.

Yay Google!

Answer 2

Here's a solution for Windows. At first, install gettext and find from the GnuWin32 tools collection.

• http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm
• gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/findutils.htm

You can run the following command afterwards:

find /source/directory -iname "*.php" -exec xgettext -j -o /output/directory/messages.pot {} ;

The output file has to exist prior to running the command, so the new definitions can be merged with it.