msgget(1)

Name

msgget - get a message from a message catalog

Synopsis

msgget locale [command:]catalog [set.]number [text]

Description

msgget gets the message corresponding to the parameters. See OPERANDS.

Operands

The following operands are supported:

catalog

Specifies the message catalog name.

command

Specifies command-specific message.

locale

Specifies the locale. If locale is - then the current locale is used.

[set].number

Identifies the message by message number and an optional message set. If specified as - , the message set and number are determined by looking up text in the corresponding C locale message catalog.

text

Specifies the text of the message to be output upon error.

Exit Status

0

Successful completion.

>0

An error occurred.

Examples

Example 1 Getting a Message in the Current Locale

The following example gets msg 1 in the current locale from message catalog hello:

example% msgget - hello 1
hello world

Authors

Authors

Glenn Fowler, gsf@research.att.com

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE Availability developer/astdev Interface Stability Volatile

See also

iconv(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(5)