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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function usage () {
+    echo "usage: $0 <options>"
+    echo
+    echo "  update <app>            update po of this app"
+    echo "  update seahub           update po of seahub"
+    echo "  update-all              update po of all apps"
+    echo "  compile <app>           compile po file of this app"
+    echo "  compile seahub          compile po file of seahub"
+    echo "  compile-all             compile po files of all apps"
+    echo
+}
+
+apps="avatar base contacts group notifications organizations profile share thirdpart/auth"
+function is_valid_app() {
+    if [[ $1 == "seahub" ]]; then
+        return 0;
+    fi
+
+    for app in ${apps}; do
+        if [[ $1 == $app ]]; then
+            return 0;
+        fi
+    done
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+# On some systems django-admin.py is only django-admin
+if which django-admin.py 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
+    django_admin=django-admin.py
+elif which django-admin 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
+    django_admin=django-admin
+else
+    echo "ERROR: django-admin script not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check args
+if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
+    usage;
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [[ $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" || $1 == "help" ]]; then
+    usage;
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
+if [[ $1 != "update" && $1 != "update-all" && $1 != "compile" && $1 != "compile-all" ]]; then
+    usage;
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [[ $1 == "update" || $1 == "compile" ]]; then
+    if [[ $# != 2 ]]; then
+        usage;
+        exit 1;
+    fi
+
+    if ! is_valid_app $2; then
+        echo "\"$2\" is not a valid app name";
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+case $1 in
+    update)
+        printf "\033[1;32m[i18n]\033[m >>>>>  update po of $2 <<<<<\n"
+        if [[ $2 == "seahub" ]]; then
+            ${django_admin} makemessages -l zh_CN -e py,html \
+                -i "thirdpart*" -i "api*" -i "avatar*" -i "base*" \
+                -i "contacts*" -i "group*" -i "notifications*" -i "organizations*" \
+                -i "profile*" -i "share*" -i "media*"
+        else
+            pushd $2 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+            ${django_admin} makemessages -l zh_CN -e py,html
+            popd 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+        fi
+        ;;
+    update-all)
+        printf "\033[1;32m[i18n]\033[m >>>>>  update po of seahub <<<<<\n"
+        ${django_admin} makemessages -l zh_CN -e py,html \
+            -i "thirdpart*" -i "api*" -i "avatar*" -i "base*" \
+            -i "contacts*" -i "group*" -i "notifications*" -i "organizations*" \
+            -i "profile*" -i "share*" -i "media*"
+        for app in ${apps}; do
+            printf "\033[1;32m[i18n]\033[m >>>>>  update po of ${app} <<<<<\n"
+            pushd ${app} 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+            ${django_admin} makemessages -l zh_CN -e py,html
+            popd 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+        done
+        ;;
+    compile)
+        printf "\033[1;32m[i18n]\033[m >>>>>  compile po of $2 <<<<<\n"
+        if [[ $2 == "seahub" ]]; then
+            ${django_admin} compilemessages
+        else
+            pushd $2
+            ${django_admin} compilemessages
+            popd
+        fi
+        ;;
+    compile-all)
+        printf "\033[1;32m[i18n]\033[m >>>>>  compile po of seahub <<<<<\n"
+        ${django_admin} compilemessages
+        for app in ${apps}; do
+            printf "\033[1;32m[i18n]\033[m >>>>>  compile po of ${app} <<<<<\n"
+            pushd ${app} 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+            ${django_admin} compilemessages
+            popd
+        done
+        ;;
+esac
+
+echo Done
+echo