msgget(1) User Commands msgget(1)
NAME
msgget - get a message from a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msgget locale [command:]catalog [set.]number [text]
DESCRIPTION
msgget gets the message corresponding to the parameters. See OPERANDS.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
catalog Specifies the message catalog name.
command Specifies command-specific message.
locale Specifies the locale. If locale is - then the current locale is used.
[set].number Identifies the message by message number and an optional message set. If specified as - , the message set and number are
determined by looking up text in the corresponding C locale message catalog.
text Specifies the text of the message to be output upon error.
EXIT STATUS
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Getting a Message in the Current Locale
The following example gets msg 1 in the current locale from message catalog hello:
example% msgget - hello 1
hello world
AUTHORS
Glenn Fowler, gsf@research.att.com
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWastdev |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
iconv(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 9 Oct 2007 msgget(1)
