Understanding the Diagnostic Subsystem for AIX

diag_catopen

Purpose

Opens a diagnostic catalog message file.

Syntax

#include     <diag/diago.h>

nl_catd  diag_catopen ( filename, reserved )
char* filename;
int reserved;

Description

The diag_catopen subroutine is used to open a catalog message file. It first searches the normal catalog directory as specified by the $LANG and $NLSPATH environment variables. If the catalog file is not found, the function searches the default catalog directory.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
filename	Catalog file name to be opened.

Return Value

The diag_catopen subroutine returns a nl_catd catalog descriptor.