Re: msgfmt --stat

[Bruno Haible]

Michal Svec writes:
> 
> Is there any reason why msgfmt always creates the file "messages"? Even if
> I call it with --stat file.po to just know how many strings are missing,
> it creates the file. Would it be possible to surpress the file creation if
> only --stat is given?

You can avoid the creation of the "messages" file by using the option
"-o /dev/null".

Changing msgfmt to not create an output file in some cases would make
its behaviour inconsistent. If --statistics option only affects the
amount of text output, as it does currently, the documentation is
easier, and the program is easier to use.

Bruno