CATGETS(3)						     Library Functions Manual							CATGETS(3)

NAME

       catgets - get message from a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

       #include <nl_types.h>

       char *catgets(nl_catd catalog, int set_number, int message_number, const char *message);

DESCRIPTION

       catgets()  reads  the message message_number, in set set_number, from the message catalog identified by catalog, where catalog is a catalog
       descriptor returned from an earlier call to catopen(3).	The fourth argument message points to a  default  message  string  which  will	be
       returned  by  catgets()	if  the identified message catalog is not currently available. The message-text is contained in an internal buffer
       area and should be copied by the application if it is to be saved or modified. The return string is always terminated with a null byte.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, catgets() returns a pointer to an internal buffer area containing the null-terminated message string.   On  failure,  catgets()
       returns the value message.

NOTES

       These  functions  are  only  available  in  libc.so.4.4.4c  and above.  The Jan 1987 X/Open Portability Guide specifies a more subtle error
       return: message is returned if the message catalog specified by catalog is not available, while an empty string is returned when  the  mes-
       sage  catalog  is available but does not contain the specified message.	These two possible error returns seem to be discarded in XPG4.2 in
       favour of always returning message.

CONFORMING TO

       XPG4.2

SEE ALSO

       catopen(3), setlocale(3)

								    1998-08-09								CATGETS(3)