netbsd man page for catgets

CATGETS(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						CATGETS(3)

NAME
     catgets -- retrieve string from message catalog

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <nl_types.h>

     char *
     catgets(nl_catd catd, int set_id, int msg_id, const char *s);

DESCRIPTION
     The catgets() function attempts to retrieve message msg_id of set set_id from the message catalog referenced by the descriptor catd.  The
     argument s points to a default message which is returned if the function is unable to retrieve the specified message.

RETURN VALUES
     If the specified message was retrieved successfully, catgets() returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the message string; other-
     wise it returns s.

ERRORS
     The catgets() function will fail if:

     [EBADF]		The catd argument is not a valid message catalog descriptor open for reading.

     [EINTR]		The operation was interrupted by a signal.

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

SEE ALSO
     gencat(1), catclose(3), catopen(3), nls(7)

STANDARDS
     The catgets() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2'').

     Major Unix vendors are split over the adoption of the two most important message catalog specifications: catgets or gettext(3).  The primary
     concern with the catgets interface is that every translatable string has to define a number (or a symbolic constant) which must correspond to
     the message in the catalog.  Duplicate message IDs are not allowed.  Constructing message catalogs is difficult.

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								 February 12, 2003							       BSD