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47 .TH CATGETS 3C "Mar 22, 2002"
49 catgets \- read a program message
55 \fBchar *\fR\fBcatgets\fR(\fBnl_catd\fR \fIcatd\fR, \fBint\fR \fIset_num\fR, \fBint\fR \fImsg_num\fR, \fBconst char *\fR\fIs\fR);
61 The \fBcatgets()\fR function attempts to read message \fImsg_num\fR, in set
62 \fIset_num\fR, from the message catalog identified by \fIcatd\fR. The
63 \fIcatd\fR argument is a catalog descriptor returned from an earlier call to
64 \fBcatopen()\fR. The \fIs\fR argument points to a default message string which
65 will be returned by \fBcatgets()\fR if the identified message catalog is not
70 If the identified message is retrieved successfully, \fBcatgets()\fR returns a
71 pointer to an internal buffer area containing the null terminated message
72 string. If the call is unsuccessful for any reason, \fBcatgets()\fR returns a
73 pointer to \fIs\fR and \fBerrno\fR may be set to indicate the error.
77 The \fBcatgets()\fR function may fail if:
84 The \fIcatd\fR argument is not a valid message catalogue descriptor open for
94 The number of \fB%n\fR specifiers that appear in the message string specified
95 by \fIs\fR does not match the number of \fB%n\fR specifiers that appear in the
96 message identified by \fIset_id\fR and \fImsg_id\fR in the specified message
106 The read operation was terminated due to the receipt of a signal, and no data
116 The message catalog identified by \fIcatd\fR is corrupted.
125 The message identified by \fIset_id\fR and \fImsg_id\fR is not in the message
132 The \fBcatgets()\fR function can be used safely in multithreaded applications
133 as long as \fBsetlocale\fR(3C) is not being called to change the locale.
137 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
145 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
147 Interface Stability Standard
155 \fBgencat\fR(1), \fBcatclose\fR(3C), \fBcatopen\fR(3C), \fBgettext\fR(3C),
156 \fBsetlocale\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)
159 \fIInternational Language Environments Guide\fR