NAME
catgets —
retrieve string from message
catalog
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<nl_types.h>
char *
catgets(nl_catd
catd, int set_id,
int msg_id,
const char *s);
DESCRIPTION
Thecatgets()
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; otherwise it returns
s.
ERRORS
- [
EBADF] - The catd argument is not a valid message catalog descriptor.
- [
EBADMSG] - The message identified by set_id and msg_id is not in the message catalog.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The catgets() function conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).