msgget(1) User Commands msgget(1)NAMEmsgget - get a message from a message catalog
SYNOPSISmsgget locale [command:]catalog [set.]number [text]
DESCRIPTIONmsgget 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
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 ALSOiconv(1), msgcc(1), msggen(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 9 Oct 2007 msgget(1)