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926 B
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43 lines
926 B
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: catgets.3,v 1.5 1995/05/11 23:03:44 jtc Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@netbsd.org>.
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.\" Public domain.
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.\"
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.Dd May 29, 1994
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.Dt CATGETS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm catgets
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.Nd retrieve string from message catalog
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <nl_types.h>
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.Ft char *
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.Fn catgets "nl_catd catd" "int set_id" "int msg_id" "char *s"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn catgets
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function attempts to retrieve message
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.Fa msg_id
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of set
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.Fa set_id
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from the message catalog referenced by the descriptor
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.Fa catd .
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The argument
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.Fa s
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points to a default message which is returned if the function
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is unable to retrieve the specified message.
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.Sh RETURN VALUE
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If the specified message was retrieved successfully,
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.Fn catgets
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returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the message string;
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otherwise it returns
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.Fa s .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr catclose 3 ,
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.Xr catopen 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn catgets
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function conforms to
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.St -xpg3 .
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