1.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Winning Strategies, Inc. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies, Inc. 15.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 16.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 19.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 20.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 21.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 22.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 23.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 24.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 25.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 26.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 27.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 29.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/nls/catgets.3,v 1.7.2.4 2001/12/14 18:33:56 ru Exp $ 30.\" $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/nls/catgets.3,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:26:44 dillon Exp $ 31.Dd May 29, 1994 32.Dt CATGETS 3 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm catgets 36.Nd retrieve string from message catalog 37.Sh LIBRARY 38.Lb libc 39.Sh SYNOPSIS 40.In nl_types.h 41.Ft char * 42.Fn catgets "nl_catd catd" "int set_id" "int msg_id" "const char *s" 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Fn catgets 46function attempts to retrieve message 47.Fa msg_id 48of set 49.Fa set_id 50from the message catalog referenced by the descriptor 51.Fa catd . 52The argument 53.Fa s 54points to a default message which is returned if the function 55is unable to retrieve the specified message. 56.Sh RETURN VALUES 57If the specified message was retrieved successfully, 58.Fn catgets 59returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the message string; 60otherwise it returns 61.Fa s . 62.Sh SEE ALSO 63.Xr gencat 1 , 64.Xr catclose 3 , 65.Xr catopen 3 66.Sh STANDARDS 67The 68.Fn catgets 69function conforms to 70.St -xpg4 . 71