mkcatdefs.1 (2010 09)

mkcatdefs(1) mkcatdefs(1)

dspmsg -s 1 PFF.cat 1 "${DEF_GREET}"

The dspmsg command in this script displays the message string:

% ./test_dspmsg.sh

Welcome to the Product Fact Finder program!

A default message string is typically English text, whereas a translated message is displayed if a

translated version of the catalog is available for the locale. The advantage of using symbols for default

message strings is to ensure that only one copy of the original message strings needs to be maintained.

When message strings must be maintained both in message source ﬁles, in calls to

catgets(), and in

dspmsg commands, inconsistencies are likely to develop between different instances of what is intended

to be the same string.

A message can be displayed as the message string alone or as the message string preceded by its message

identiﬁer. See dspmsg(1) for examples of using the

dspmsg command to display message strings pre-

ceded by their identiﬁers.

AUTHOR

The

mkcatdefs command was developed by OSF and HP.