CATCLOSE(3) BSD Library Functions Manual CATCLOSE(3)NAME
catclose -- close message catalog
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <nl_types.h>
int
catclose(nl_catd catd);
DESCRIPTION
The catclose() function closes the message catalog specified by the argument catd.
RETURN VALUES
The catclose() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indi-
cate the error.
ERRORS
[EBADF] An invalid message catalog descriptor was passed by the catd argument.
SEE ALSO gencat(1), catgets(3), catopen(3)STANDARDS
The catclose() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD February 12, 2005 BSD
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catopen, catclose - open/close a message catalog
Syntax
#include <nl_types.h>
nl_catd catopen (name, oflag)
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int oflag;
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nl_catd catd;
Description
The function opens a message catalog and returns a catalog descriptor. The parameter name specifies the name of the message catalog to be
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The oflag is reserved for future use and must be set to zero(0). The results of setting this field to any other value are undefined.
The function closes the message catalog identified by
Restrictions
Using causes another file descriptor to be allocated by the calling process for the duration of the call.
Return Values
If successful, returns a message catalog descriptor for use on subsequent calls to and If unsuccessful, returns ()-1.
The function returns 0 if successful, otherwise -1.
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