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msgget

msgget(1)							   User Commands							 msgget(1)

NAME

       msgget - get a message from a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

       msgget locale [command:]catalog [set.]number [text]

DESCRIPTION

       msgget gets the message corresponding to the parameters. See OPERANDS.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       catalog	       Specifies the message catalog name.

       command	       Specifies command-specific message.

       locale	       Specifies the locale. If locale is - then the current locale is used.

       [set].number    Identifies  the	message  by message number and an optional message set. If specified as - , the message set and number are
		       determined by looking up text in the corresponding C locale message catalog.

       text	       Specifies the text of the message to be output upon error.

EXIT STATUS

       0     Successful completion.

       >0    An error occurred.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Getting a Message in the Current Locale

       The following example gets msg 1 in the current locale from message catalog hello:

	 example% msgget - hello 1
	 hello world

AUTHORS

       Glenn Fowler, gsf@research.att.com

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWastdev		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       iconv(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    9 Oct 2007								 msgget(1)

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