NAME

getmsg − get message from a catalog

SYNOPSIS

char *getmsg (fd, set_num, msg_num, buf, buflen)
int fd, set_num, msg_num, buflen;
char buf[];

DESCRIPTION

Getmsg attempts to read up to buflen-1 bytes of a message string into the area pointed to by buf. A null byte is inserted to terminate the string placed in the buffer.

Fd is the file descriptor returned by a call to open(2) the catalog containing the messages. Set_num is available to group messages together into a logical unit.  For instance, messages in Finnish could be grouped in set number 6 to match the language id for Finnish (See langinfo(3C) and langid(5)).

DIAGNOSTICS

Returns a pointer to an empty (null) string if fd is invalid or set_num or msg_num is not in the catalog. 

AUTHOR

Getmsg was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company. 

SEE ALSO

gencat(1), insertmsg(1), read(2), hpnls(5). 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

8- and 16-bit data, messages. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  Version B.1,  May 11, 2021