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.TH ppdpo 1 "CUPS" "12 June 2014" "Apple Inc."
.SH NAME
ppdpo \- ppd message catalog generator (deprecated)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ppdpo
[
\fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR]
] [
.B \-I
.I include-directory
] [
.B \-o
.I output-file
]
.I source-file
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBppdpo\fR extracts UI strings from PPDC source files and updates either a GNU gettext or macOS strings format message catalog source file for translation.
\fBThis program is deprecated and will be removed in a future release of CUPS.\fR
.SH OPTIONS
\fBppdpo\fR supports the following options:
.TP 5
\fB\-D \fIname\fR[\fB=\fIvalue\fR]
Sets the named variable for use in the source file.
It is equivalent to using the \fI#define\fR directive in the source file.
.TP 5
\fB\-I \fIinclude-directory\fR
Specifies an alternate include directory.
Multiple \fI-I\fR options can be supplied to add additional directories.
.TP 5
\fB\-o \fIoutput-file\fR
Specifies the output file.
The supported extensions are \fI.po\fR or \fI.po.gz\fR for GNU gettext format message catalogs and \fI.strings\fR for macOS strings files.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ppdc (1),
.BR ppdhtml (1),
.BR ppdi (1),
.BR ppdmerge (1),
.BR ppdcfile(5),
CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \[co] 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.