runcat(1)						      General Commands Manual							 runcat(1)

NAME

       runcat - Pipes message text source from mkcatdefs to gencat

SYNOPSIS

       runcat catalog_name source_file [catalogfile]

DESCRIPTION

       The  runcat  command invokes the mkcatdefs command and pipes the message catalog source data (the output from mkcatdefs) to the gencat pro-
       gram.

       The file source_file contains the message text with your symbolic identifiers. The mkcatdefs program uses the catalog_name argument to gen-
       erate the name of the symbolic definition file by adding _msg.h to the end of the catalog_name value, and to generate the symbolic name for
       the catalog file by adding MF_ to the beginning of the catalog_name value. The definition file must be included in  your  application  pro-
       gram. The symbolic name for the catalog file can be used in the library functions (such as the catopen function).

       The  catalogfile  argument  is  the name of the catalog file created by the gencat command. If you do not specify this argument, the gencat
       command names the catalog file by adding to the end of the catalog_name value. This filename can also be used in the catopen library  func-
       tion.

EXAMPLES

       To generate a catalog named test.cat from the message source file test.msg, enter: runcat test test.msg

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  dspcat(1), dspmsg(1), gencat(1), mkcatdefs(1)

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