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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of BINDTEXTDOMAIN</TITLE>
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<H1>BINDTEXTDOMAIN</H1>
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Section: C Library Functions (3)<BR>Updated: May 2001<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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bindtextdomain - set directory containing message catalogs
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<PRE>
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<B>#include <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/libintl.h">libintl.h</A>></B>
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<B>char * bindtextdomain (const char * </B><I>domainname</I><B>, const char * </B><I>dirname</I><B>);</B>
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</PRE>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The <B>bindtextdomain</B> function sets the base directory of the hierarchy
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containing message catalogs for a given message domain.
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A message domain is a set of translatable <I>msgid</I> messages. Usually,
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every software package has its own message domain. The need for calling
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<B>bindtextdomain</B> arises because packages are not always installed with
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the same prefix as the <<A HREF="file:///usr/include/libintl.h">libintl.h</A>> header and the libc/libintl libraries.
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<P>
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Message catalogs will be expected at the pathnames
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<I>dirname</I>/<I>locale</I>/<I>category</I>/<I>domainname</I>.mo,
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where <I>locale</I> is a locale name and <I>category</I> is a locale facet such
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as <B>LC_MESSAGES</B>.
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<P>
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<I>domainname</I> must be a non-empty string.
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<P>
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If <I>dirname</I> is not NULL, the base directory for message catalogs belonging
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to domain <I>domainname</I> is set to <I>dirname</I>. The function makes copies
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of the argument strings as needed. If the program wishes to call the
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<B>chdir</B> function, it is important that <I>dirname</I> be an absolute
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pathname; otherwise it cannot be guaranteed that the message catalogs will
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be found.
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<P>
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If <I>dirname</I> is NULL, the function returns the previously set base
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directory for domain <I>domainname</I>.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
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If successful, the <B>bindtextdomain</B> function returns the current base
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directory for domain <I>domainname</I>, after possibly changing it. The
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resulting string is valid until the next <B>bindtextdomain</B> call for the
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same <I>domainname</I> and must not be modified or freed. If a memory allocation
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failure occurs, it sets <B>errno</B> to <B>ENOMEM</B> and returns NULL.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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The following error can occur, among others:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>ENOMEM</B>
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<DD>
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Not enough memory available.
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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The return type ought to be <B>const char *</B>, but is <B>char *</B> to avoid
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warnings in C code predating ANSI C.
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+gettext">gettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dgettext">dgettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dcgettext">dcgettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+ngettext">ngettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dngettext">dngettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dcngettext">dcngettext</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+textdomain">textdomain</A></B>(3),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+realpath">realpath</A></B>(3)
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAG">BUGS</A><DD>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<HR>
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