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CATOPEN(3) Linux Programmer's Manual CATOPEN(3)
NAME
catopen, catclose - open/close a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
#include <nl_types.h>
nl_catd catopen(const char *name, int flag);
int catclose(nl_catd catalog);
DESCRIPTION
The function catopen() opens a message catalog and returns a catalog descriptor. The
descriptor remains valid until catclose() or execve(2). If a file descriptor is used to
implement catalog descriptors, then the FD_CLOEXEC flag will be set.
The argument name specifies the name of the message catalog to be opened. If name speci‐
fies an absolute path (i.e., contains a '/'), then name specifies a pathname for the mes‐
sage catalog. Otherwise, the environment variable NLSPATH is used with name substituted
for %N (see locale(7)). It is unspecified whether NLSPATH will be used when the process
has root privileges. If NLSPATH does not exist in the environment, or if a message cata‐
log cannot be opened in any of the paths specified by it, then an implementation defined
path is used. This latter default path may depend on the LC_MESSAGES locale setting when
the flag argument is NL_CAT_LOCALE and on the LANG environment variable when the flag
argument is 0. Changing the LC_MESSAGES part of the locale may invalidate open catalog
descriptors.
The flag argument to catopen() is used to indicate the source for the language to use. If
it is set to NL_CAT_LOCALE, then it will use the current locale setting for LC_MESSAGES.
Otherwise, it will use the LANG environment variable.
The function catclose() closes the message catalog identified by catalog. It invalidates
any subsequent references to the message catalog defined by catalog.
RETURN VALUE
The function catopen() returns a message catalog descriptor of type nl_catd on success.
On failure, it returns (nl_catd) -1 and sets errno to indicate the error. The possible
error values include all possible values for the open(2) call.
The function catclose() returns 0 on success, or -1 on failure.
ENVIRONMENT
LC_MESSAGES
May be the source of the LC_MESSAGES locale setting, and thus determine the lan‐
guage to use if flag is set to NL_CAT_LOCALE.
LANG The language to use if flag is 0.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
The above is the POSIX.1-2001 description. The glibc value for NL_CAT_LOCALE is 1. The
default path varies, but usually looks at a number of places below /usr/share/locale.
SEE ALSO
catgets(3), setlocale(3)
COLOPHON
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