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.\" $OpenBSD: catgets.3,v 1.4 1999/08/31 16:52:34 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@netbsd.org>.
.\" Public domain.
.\"
.Dd May 29, 1994
.Dt CATGETS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm catgets
.Nd retrieve string from message catalog
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <nl_types.h>
.Ft char *
.Fn catgets "nl_catd catd" "int set_id" "int msg_id" "char *s"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn catgets
function attempts to retrieve message
.Fa msg_id
of set
.Fa set_id
from the message catalog referenced by the descriptor
.Fa catd .
The argument
.Fa s
points to a default message which is returned if the function
is unable to retrieve the specified message.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If the specified message was retrieved successfully,
.Fn catgets
returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the message string;
otherwise it returns
.Fa s .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr catclose 3 ,
.Xr catopen 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn catgets
function conforms to
.St -xpg3 .
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