diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 90c1cb3c8e..fc14613df6 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -8144,3 +8144,9 @@ David  7 Oct 2008
         file_names.h
         file_xfer.cpp
         time_stats.cpp
+
+David  7 Oct 2008
+    - added a script (from Nicolas) to generate en.po
+
+    html/ops
+        build_po.php
diff --git a/html/ops/build_po.php b/html/ops/build_po.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..af0837d135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/ops/build_po.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+
+if (!isset($argv[1])) {
+    die('Usage: build_po.php [PROJECT_PATH]');
+}
+$path = $argv[1];
+
+$date = strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z');
+$header = <<<HDR
+# BOINC web translation
+# Copyright (C) 2008 University of California
+#
+# This file is distributed under the same license as BOINC.
+#
+# FileID  : \$Id\$
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: BOINC \$Id\$\\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: BOINC translation team <translate@boinc.berkeley.edu>\\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: $date\\n"
+"Last-Translator: Generated automatically from source files\\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\\n"
+"X-Poedit-SourceCharset: utf-8\\n"
+
+msgid "LANG_NAME_NATIVE"
+msgstr "English"
+
+msgid "LANG_NAME_INTERNATIONAL"
+msgstr "English"
+
+
+HDR;
+
+$out = fopen("$path/html/languages/translations/web.pot", "w");
+fwrite($out, $header);
+$pipe = popen("xgettext --omit-header -o - --keyword=tra -L PHP --no-location $path/html/inc/*.inc $path/html/user/*.php $path/html/project.sample/*.*", "r");
+stream_copy_to_stream($pipe, $out);
+fclose($pipe);
+fclose($out);
+
+system("msgen -o $path/html/languages/translations/en.po $path/html/languages/translations/web.pot");
+?>
diff --git a/sched/delete_file.cpp b/sched/delete_file.cpp
index 77475f4676..d61592a4b0 100644
--- a/sched/delete_file.cpp
+++ b/sched/delete_file.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 // along with BOINC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 // delete_file         [-host_id host_id -file_name file_name]
-// -host_id            number of host to upload from
-//                     or 'all' if for all active hosts
+// -host_id            number of host to delete file from
 // -file_name          name of the file to delete
 //
 // Create a msg_to_host_that requests that the host delete the
@@ -39,6 +38,15 @@
 #include "sched_config.h"
 #include "sched_util.h"
 
+void usage(char** argv) {
+    fprintf(stderr,
+        "Arrange to delete a file from a host.\n\n"
+        "Usage: %s -host_id H -file_name F\n",
+        argv[0]
+    );
+    exit(0);
+}
+
 int delete_host_file(int host_id, const char* file_name) {
     DB_MSG_TO_HOST mth;
     int retval;
@@ -66,30 +74,22 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     check_stop_daemons();
 
-    for(i=1; i<argc; i++) {
+    for (i=1; i<argc; i++) {
         if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-host_id")) {
             host_id = atoi(argv[++i]);
         } else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-file_name")) {
             strcpy(file_name, argv[++i]);
-        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-help")) {
-            fprintf(stdout,
-                    "delete_file: deletes a file on a specific host\n\n"
-                    "It takes the following arguments and types:\n"
-                    "-host_id (int); the number of the host\n"
-                    "-file_name (string); the name of the file to delete\n");
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--help") || !strcmp(argv[i], "-h")) {
+            usage(argv);
             exit(0);
         } else {
-            if (!strncmp("-",argv[i],1)) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "delete_file: bad argument '%s'\n", argv[i]);
-                fprintf(stderr, "type delete_file -help for more information\n");
-                exit(1);
-            }
+            fprintf(stderr, "bad arg %s\n", argv[i]);
+            usage(argv);
         }
     }
 
     if (!strlen(file_name) || host_id == 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "delete_file: bad command line, requires a valid host_id and file_name\n");
-        exit(1);
+        usage(argv);
     }
 
     retval = config.parse_file(".");