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msgget(1)			 User Commands			     msgget(1)

NAME
       msgget - get a message from a message catalog

SYNOPSIS
       msgget locale [command:]catalog [set.]number [text]

DESCRIPTION
       msgget gets the message corresponding to the parameters. See OPERANDS.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       catalog	       Specifies the message catalog name.

       command	       Specifies command-specific message.

       locale	       Specifies  the  locale. If locale is - then the current
		       locale is used.

       [set].number    Identifies  the	message	 by  message  number  and   an
		       optional	 message  set. If specified as - , the message
		       set and number are determined by looking up text in the
		       corresponding C locale message catalog.

       text	       Specifies  the  text  of	 the message to be output upon
		       error.

EXIT STATUS
       0     Successful completion.

       >0    An error occurred.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Getting a Message in the Current Locale

       The following example gets msg 1 in the	current	 locale	 from  message
       catalog hello:

	 example% msgget - hello 1
	 hello world

AUTHORS
       Glenn Fowler, gsf@research.att.com

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │developer/astdev		   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Volatile			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       iconv(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11			  9 Oct 2007			     msgget(1)

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