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diff --git a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9fd8b82 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Winning Strategies, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies, Inc. +.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.Dd May 29, 1994 +.Dt CATOPEN 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm catopen +.Nd open message catalog +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In nl_types.h +.Ft nl_catd +.Fn catopen "const char *name" "int oflag" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn catopen +function opens the message catalog specified by +.Fa name +and returns a message catalog descriptor. +If +.Fa name +contains a +.Sq / +then +.Fa name +specifies the full pathname for the message catalog, otherwise the value +of the environment variable +.Ev NLSPATH +is used with +the following substitutions: +.Bl -tag -width XXX +.It \&%N +The value of the +.Fa name +argument. +.It \&%L +The value of the +.Ev LANG +environment variable or the +.Dv LC_MESSAGES +category (see below). +.It \&%l +The language element from the +.Ev LANG +environment variable or from the +.Dv LC_MESSAGES +category. +.It \&%t +The territory element from the +.Ev LANG +environment variable or from the +.Dv LC_MESSAGES +category. +.It \&%c +The codeset element from the +.Ev LANG +environment variable or from the +.Dv LC_MESSAGES +category. +.It \&%% +A single % character. +.El +.Pp +An empty string is substituted for undefined values. +.Pp +Path names templates defined in +.Ev NLSPATH +are separated by colons +.No ( Sq \&: ) . +A leading or two adjacent colons +is equivalent to specifying %N. +.Pp +If the +.Fa oflag +argument is set to the +.Dv NL_CAT_LOCALE +constant, +.Dv LC_MESSAGES +locale category used to open the message catalog; using +.Dv NL_CAT_LOCALE +conforms to the +.St -xpg4 +standard. +You can specify 0 for compatibility with +.St -xpg3 ; +when +.Fa oflag +is set to 0, the +.Ev LANG +environment variable +determines the message catalog locale. +.Pp +A message catalog descriptor +remains valid in a process until that process closes it, or +until a successful call to one of the +.Xr exec 3 +function. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion, +.Fn catopen +returns a message catalog descriptor. +Otherwise, (nl_catd) -1 is returned and +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +Argument +.Fa name +does not point to a valid message catalog. +.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG +An entire path to the message catalog exceeded 1024 characters. +.It Bq Er ENOENT +The named message catalog does not exists, or the +.Fa name +argument points to an empty string. +.It Bq Er ENOMEM +Insufficient memory is available. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gencat 1 , +.Xr catclose 3 , +.Xr catgets 3 , +.Xr setlocale 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn catopen +function conforms to +.St -xpg4 . |