nl_types.h(3)              POSIX Programmer's Manual             nl_types.h(3)



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NAME
       nl_types.h -- data types

SYNOPSIS
       #include <nl_types.h>

DESCRIPTION
       The <nl__types.h> header shall define at least the following types:

       nl_catd       Used by the message catalog functions catopen(),
                     catgets(), and catclose() to identify a catalog
                     descriptor.

       nl_item       Used by nl__langinfo() to identify items of langinfo data.
                     Values of objects of type nl_item are defined in
                     <langinfo.h>.

       The <nl__types.h> header shall define at least the following symbolic
       constants:

       NL_SETD       Used by gencat when no $set directive is specified in a
                     message text source file. This constant can be passed as
                     the value of set__id on subsequent calls to catgets()
                     (that is, to retrieve messages from the default message
                     set). The value of NL_SETD is implementation-defined.

       NL_CAT_LOCALE Value that must be passed as the oflag argument to
                     catopen() to ensure that message catalog selection
                     depends on the LC__MESSAGES locale category, rather than
                     directly on the LANG environment variable.

       The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as
       macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.


           int       catclose(nl_catd);
           char     *catgets(nl_catd, int, int, const char *);
           nl_catd   catopen(const char *, int);

       The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       <langinfo.h>

       The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2017, catclose(), catgets(),
       catopen(), nl__langinfo()

       The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1-2017, gencat

COPYRIGHT
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       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can
       be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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IEEE/The Open Group                  2017                        nl_types.h(3)
