OSF

NAME

dspcat − Displays all or part of a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

dspcat [-g] catalog_name[set_number] [message_number]

The dspcat command, part of the OSF/1 Message Facility, displays a particular message, all of the messages in a set, or all of the messages in a catalog. 

FLAGS

-gFormats the output so that it can be used as input to the gencat command.  You cannot use the message_number argument with the -g flag. 

DESCRIPTION

The catalog_name variable specifies a message catalog.  set_number specifies a set in the catalog.  message_number specifies a particular message in the set. 

If you include all three arguments, dspcat displays a particular message. If you do not include message_number or if message_number is in error, all the messages in the set are displayed. If you specify a nonexistent set_number, all messages in the catalog are displayed. If you specify only catalog_name, all the messages in the catalog are displayed.  You must include set_number if you include message_number. 

EXAMPLES

To display message number 2 in set number 1 of test.cat, enter:

dspcat test.cat 1 2

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands:  dspmsg(1), gencat(1), mkcatdefs(1). 

Functions:  catclose(3), catgets(3), catopen(3).