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29.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/nls/catgets.3,v 1.13 2005/06/15 19:04:04 ru Exp $
30.Dd February 12, 2005
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31.Dt CATGETS 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm catgets
35.Nd retrieve string from message catalog
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In nl_types.h
40.Ft char *
41.Fn catgets "nl_catd catd" "int set_id" "int msg_id" "const char *s"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn catgets
45function attempts to retrieve message
46.Fa msg_id
47of set
48.Fa set_id
49from the message catalog referenced by the descriptor
50.Fa catd .
51The argument
52.Fa s
53points to a default message which is returned if the function
54is unable to retrieve the specified message.
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56If the specified message was retrieved successfully,
57.Fn catgets
58returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the message string;
59otherwise it returns
60.Fa s .
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61.Sh ERRORS
62.Bl -tag -width Er
63.It Bq Er EBADF
64The
65.Fa catd
66argument is not a valid message catalog descriptor.
67.It Bq Er EBADMSG
68The message identified by
69.Fa set_id
70and
71.Fa msg_id
72is not in the message catalog.
73.El
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74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr gencat 1 ,
76.Xr catclose 3 ,
77.Xr catopen 3
78.Sh STANDARDS
79The
80.Fn catgets
81function conforms to
1f2f436a 82.St -p1003.1-2001 .