From d8283f686693a756b9a0d5e39f15e8bb84849dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:22:23 +0000 Subject: Explicetely describe catalog descriptor lifetime --- lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 index 45af7ca3c879..17958f6bb44f 100644 --- a/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 +++ b/lib/libc/nls/catopen.3 @@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ is set to 0, the .Ev LANG environment variable determines the message catalog locale. +.Pp +A message catalog descriptor +remains valid in a process until that process closes it, or a +successful call to one of the +.Xr exec 3 +functions. .Sh RETURN VALUE Upon successful completion, .Fn catopen -- cgit v1.3