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CATGETS(3) Library Functions Manual CATGETS(3)

catgetsretrieve string from message catalog

library “libc”

#include <nl_types.h>

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

The () 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.

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

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The catd argument is not a valid message catalog descriptor.
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The message identified by set_id and msg_id is not in the message catalog.

gencat(1), catclose(3), catopen(3)

The catgets() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).

February 12, 2005 DragonFly-5.6.1