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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man3/catgets.3 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/catgets.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/catgets.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..87c798f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/catgets.3 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: catgets.3,v 1.16 2003/07/26 19:24:49 salo Exp $ +.\" +.\" Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@NetBSD.org>. +.\" Public domain. +.\" +.Dd February 12, 2003 +.Dt CATGETS 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm catgets +.Nd retrieve string from message catalog +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In nl_types.h +.Ft char * +.Fn catgets "nl_catd catd" "int set_id" "int msg_id" "const 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 ERRORS +The +.Fn catgets +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EBADF +The +.Fa catd +argument is not a valid message catalog descriptor open for reading. +.It Bq Er EINTR +The operation was interrupted by a signal. +.It Bq Er ENOMSG +The message identified by +.Fa set_id +and +.Fa msg_id +is not in the message catalog. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gencat 1 , +.Xr catclose 3 , +.Xr catopen 3 , +.Xr nls 7 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn catgets +function conforms to +.St -xpg4.2 . +.Pp +Major Unix vendors are split over the adoption of the two most +important message catalog specifications: catgets or +.Xr gettext 3 . +The primary concern with the catgets interface is that every +translatable string has to define a number (or a symbolic constant) +which must correspond to the message in the catalog. +Duplicate message IDs are not allowed. +Constructing message catalogs is difficult. |
