catgets(3c) [hpux man page]

catgets(3C)															       catgets(3C)

NAME

       catgets() - get a program message

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The  function  reads  message  in  set  from  the  message catalog identified by a catalog descriptor returned from a previous call to (see
       catopen(3C)).  If the call fails, points to a default message string returned by

       A message longer than bytes is truncated.  The returned message string is always terminated with a null byte.  is defined in

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

   International Code Set Support
       Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.

RETURN VALUE

       If the call is successful, returns a pointer to an internal buffer area containing the null-terminated message  string.	 If  the  call	is
       unsuccessful, returns a pointer to

ERRORS

       fails and sets under any of the following conditions:

	      [EBADF]	  is not a valid catalog descriptor.

	      [EINTR]	  A signal was caught during the read(2) system call.

	      [EINVAL]	  The message catalog identified by is corrupted.

	      [ENOMSG]	  The message identified by or is not in the message catalog.

	      [ERANGE]	  A message longer than bytes was truncated.

WARNINGS

       The function returns a pointer to a static area that is overwritten on each call.

AUTHOR

       was developed by HP.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       dumpmsg(1), findmsg(1), gencat(1), catclose(3C), catopen(3C), thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

																       catgets(3C)

catgets(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					       catgets(3C)

NAME

       catgets - read a program message

SYNOPSIS

       #include <nl_types.h>

       char *catgets(nl_catd catd, int set_num, int msg_num, const char *s);

DESCRIPTION

       The catgets() function attempts to read message msg_num, in set set_num, from the message catalog identified by	catd. The catd argument is
       a catalog descriptor returned from an earlier call to  catopen(). The s argument points to a default message string which will be  returned
       by  catgets() if the identified message catalog is not currently available.

RETURN VALUES

       If  the	identified  message is retrieved successfully,	catgets() returns a pointer to an internal buffer area containing the  null termi-
       nated message string. If the call is unsuccessful for any reason, catgets() returns a pointer to s and errno may be  set  to  indicate  the
       error.

ERRORS

       The catgets() function may fail if:

       EBADF	       The catd argument is not a valid message catalogue descriptor open for reading.

       EBADMSG	       The  number  of	%n  specifiers that appear in the message string specified by s does not match the number of %n specifiers
		       that appear in the message identified by set_id and msg_id in the specified message catalog.

       EINTR	       The read operation was terminated due to the receipt of a signal, and no data was transferred.

       EINVAL	       The message catalog identified by catd is corrupted.

       ENOMSG	       The message identified by set_id and msg_id is not in the message catalog.

USAGE

       The catgets() function can be used safely in multithreaded applications as long as setlocale(3C) is not being called to change the locale.

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gencat(1), catclose(3C), catopen(3C), gettext(3C), setlocale(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

       International Language Environments Guide

SunOS 5.10							    22 Mar 2002 						       catgets(3C)