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36 .Nd retrieve string from message catalog
42 .Fn catgets "nl_catd catd" "int set_id" "int msg_id" "const char *s"
46 function attempts to retrieve message
50 from the message catalog referenced by the descriptor
54 points to a default message which is returned if the function
55 is unable to retrieve the specified message.
57 If the specified message was retrieved successfully,
59 returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the message string;