A data type representing a message catalog descriptor, used to identify and access message catalogs in functions like `catopen`, `catgets`, and `catclose`.
1st Parameter
Message catalog descriptor returned by `catopen`
Read more about parameters of catclose in parameters section
The catclosefunction in C language Closes a message catalog.
The catclose function closes the message catalog specified by the catalog descriptor catd. This function is used to free resources associated with an open message catalog. It's important to call this function when you're done using a catalog to prevent resource leaks.
The catclosefunction takes 1
parameter:
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nl_catd `catalog`: Message catalog descriptor returned by `catopen`
Closes a message catalog previously opened with `catopen`. Returns 0 on success or -1 if an error occurs.
The catclose function return value :
Returns 0 if successful, or -1 if an error occurred (in which case, errno is set to indicate the error)
Output
This example demonstrates the basic usage of `catclose` to close a message catalog that was previously opened with `catopen`.