NAME catgets - retrieve string from message catalog CONTENTS Library Synopsis Description Return Values Errors See Also Standards LIBRARY .Lb libc SYNOPSIS .In nl_types.h char * catgets "nl_catd catd" "int set_id" "int msg_id" "const char *s" DESCRIPTION The catgets function attempts to retrieve message msg_id of set set_id from the message catalog referenced by the descriptor catd. The argument s points to a default message which is returned if the function is unable to retrieve the specified message. RETURN VALUES If the specified message was retrieved successfully, catgets returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the message string; otherwise it returns s. ERRORS