catgets (3) Linux Manual Page

NAME

catgets – get message from a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

#include <nl_types.h>
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 (‘