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Re: [Help-bash] What options exist to translate shell scripts?
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: [Help-bash] What options exist to translate shell scripts? |
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Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:31:51 -0400 |
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On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 04:36:53PM +0000, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> are there any gettext alternatives?
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> What are the options to make shell scripts translatable?
Bash has a $"..." quoting mode that invokes translations for strings,
but it is insecure (the translated string is subject to expansions which
the script cannot predict or prevent -- these expansions may include
arbitrary code execution).
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/098 explains how to use the $"..."
syntax.
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/bash.html explains
why it's insecure.