CATOPEN(3) BSD Library Functions Manual CATOPEN(3)NAME
catopen — open message catalog
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <nl_types.h>
nl_catd
catopen(const char *name, int oflag);
DESCRIPTION
The catopen() function opens the message catalog specified by name and
returns a message catalog descriptor. If name contains a ‘/’ then name
specifies the full pathname for the message catalog, otherwise the value
of the environment variable NLSPATH is used with name substituted for %N.
The oflag argument is reserved for future use and should be set to zero.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, catopen() returns a message catalog descrip‐
tor. Otherwise, (nl_catd) -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate
the error.
ERRORS
[ENOMEM] Insufficient memory is available.
SEE ALSOgencat(1), catclose(3), catgets(3), nls(7)STANDARDS
The catopen() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 3
(“XPG3”).
BSD May 29, 1994 BSD