CATGETS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual CATGETS(3)NAMEcatgets — retrieve string from message catalog
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <nl_types.h>
char *
catgets(nl_catd catd, int set_id, int msg_id, const char *s);
DESCRIPTION
The catgets() 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 ALSOgencat(1), catclose(3), catopen(3)STANDARDS
The catgets() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).
BSD February 12, 2005 BSD