LDP: Update original to LDP v3.79

[linuxjm/LDP_man-pages.git] / original / man3 / catgets.3

diff --git a/original/man3/catgets.3 b/original/man3/catgets.3
index 059888b..08450d8 100644 (file)
--- a/original/man3/catgets.3
+++ b/original/man3/catgets.3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\" Updated, aeb, 980809
-.TH CATGETS 3 1998-08-09 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH CATGETS 3 2014-06-13 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 catgets \- get message from a message catalog
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The
 message-text is contained in an internal buffer area and should be copied by
 the application if it is to be saved or modified.
 The return string is
-always terminated with a null byte.
+always terminated with a null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .LP
 On success,
@@ -66,10 +66,17 @@ On failure,
 .BR catgets ()
 returns the value
 .IR message .
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR catgets ()
+function is thread-safe.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH NOTES
-These functions are available only in libc.so.4.4.4c and above.
+The
+.BR catgets ()
+function is available only in libc.so.4.4.4c and above.
 The Jan 1987 X/Open Portability Guide specifies a more subtle
 error return:
 .I message
@@ -84,3 +91,12 @@ in favor of always returning
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR catopen (3),
 .BR setlocale (3)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.