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+#!/bin/bash
+# $Id$
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2003  Roland Gruber
+# This code is part of LDAP Account Manager (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lam)
+
+# This script generates a messages.mo file from the translated messages.po file.
+
+rm -f messages.mo
+msgfmt -v messages.po -o messages.mo