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catgets(3C)							   catgets(3C)

NAME
       catgets() - get a program message

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The  function  reads message in set from the message catalog identified
       by  a  catalog  descriptor  returned  from  a  previous	call  to  (see
       catopen(3C)).   If  the	call fails, points to a default message string
       returned by

       A message longer than bytes is truncated.  The returned message	string
       is always terminated with a null byte.  is defined in

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
   International Code Set Support
       Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.

RETURN VALUE
       If the call is successful, returns a pointer to an internal buffer area
       containing the null-terminated message string.  If the call  is	unsuc‐
       cessful, returns a pointer to

ERRORS
       fails and sets under any of the following conditions:

	      [EBADF]	  is not a valid catalog descriptor.

	      [EINTR]	  A signal was caught during the read(2) system call.

	      [EINVAL]	  The message catalog identified by is corrupted.

	      [ENOMSG]	  The  message	identified by or is not in the message
			  catalog.

	      [ERANGE]	  A message longer than bytes was truncated.

WARNINGS
       The function returns a pointer to a static area that is overwritten  on
       each call.

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       dumpmsg(1),    findmsg(1),    gencat(1),	  catclose(3C),	  catopen(3C),
       thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								   catgets(3C)

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