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CATGETS(3)						     Library Functions Manual							CATGETS(3)

NAME
catgets - get message from a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
#include <nl_types.h> char *catgets(nl_catd catalog, int set_number, int message_number, const char *message);
DESCRIPTION
catgets() reads the message message_number, in set set_number, from the message catalog identified by catalog, where catalog is a catalog descriptor returned from an earlier call to catopen(3). The fourth argument message points to a default message string which will be returned by catgets() if the identified message catalog is not currently available. The message-text is contained in an internal buffer area and should be copied by the application if it is to be saved or modified. The return string is always terminated with a null byte.
RETURN VALUE
On success, catgets() returns a pointer to an internal buffer area containing the null-terminated message string. On failure, catgets() returns the value message.
NOTES
These functions are only available in libc.so.4.4.4c and above. The Jan 1987 X/Open Portability Guide specifies a more subtle error return: message is returned if the message catalog specified by catalog is not available, while an empty string is returned when the mes- sage catalog is available but does not contain the specified message. These two possible error returns seem to be discarded in XPG4.2 in favour of always returning message.
CONFORMING TO
XPG4.2
SEE ALSO
catopen(3), setlocale(3) 1998-08-09 CATGETS(3)
Related Man Pages
catgets(3) - suse
catgets(3) - netbsd
catgets(3) - minix
catgets(3) - php
catgets(3) - v7
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