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CATGETS !!!CATGETS NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE NOTES CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO ---- !!NAME catgets - get message from a message catalog !!SYNOPSIS __#include ____char *catgets(nl_catd__ ''catalog''__, int__ ''set_number''__, int__ ''message_number''__, const char *__''message''__);__ !!DESCRIPTION __catgets()__ reads the message ''message_number'', in set ''set_number'', from the message catalog identified by ''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 __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, __catgets()__ returns a pointer to an internal buffer area containing the null-terminated message string. On failure, __catgets()__ returns the value ''message''. !!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 XPG4.2 in favour of always returning ''message''. !!CONFORMING TO XPG4.2 !!SEE ALSO catopen(3), setlocale(3) ----
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