minix man page for catgets

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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.

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface | Attribute	  | Value   |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |catgets() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES
       The catgets() function is available only 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  SUSv2	in
       favor of always returning message.

SEE ALSO
       catopen(3), setlocale(3)

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								    2015-08-08								CATGETS(3)