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CATGETS(3)               BSD Library Functions Manual               CATGETS(3)

NAME
     catgets -- retrieve string from message catalog

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <nl_types.h>

     char *
     catgets(nl_catd catd, int set_id, int msg_id, const char *s);

DESCRIPTION
     The catgets() function attempts to retrieve message msg_id of set set_id from the message catalog ref-erenced referenced
     erenced by the descriptor catd.  The argument s points to a default message which is returned if the
     function is unable to retrieve the specified message.

RETURN VALUES
     If the specified message was retrieved successfully, catgets() returns a pointer to an internal buffer
     containing the message string; otherwise it returns s.

SEE ALSO
     gencat(1), catclose(3), catopen(3)

STANDARDS
     The catgets() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4 (``XPG4'').

BSD                              May 29, 1994                              BSD