CATCLOSE(2,L)               AIX Technical Reference               CATCLOSE(2,L)



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catclose



PURPOSE

Close a message catalog previously opened for access.

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNTAX

#include <nl_types.h>

int catclose (catd)
nl_catd catd;

DESCRIPTION

The catclose subroutine closes the message catalog associated with the catalog
descriptor catd.  Any memory associated with the catalog descriptor is freed up
at this time.

RETURN VALUE

A 0 (zero) is returned upon successful close of the catalog; a -1 if an error
occurred.  A failure may be due to an invalid catalog descriptor.

RELATED INFORMATION

The gencat and mkcatdefs commands in AIX Operating System Commands Reference.

The message catalog description in Managing the AIX Operating System.

In this book:  "catgets," "catgetmsg" and "catopen."

















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