NAME
catgets - get message from a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
#include <nl_types.h>
I char *catgets(nl_catd catalog , int set_number \
", int " message_number ,
I const char * message );
DESCRIPTION
R catgets ()
reads the message
R message_number ,
in set
R set_number ,
from the message catalog identified by
R 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
R 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,
R catgets ()
returns a pointer to an internal buffer area
containing the null-terminated message string.
On failure,
R catgets ()
returns the value
R message .
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.
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 message 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
R message .
SEE ALSO
