validlocale(8)															    validlocale(8)

NAME
validlocale - Test if a given locale is available SYNTAX
validlocale <locale> DESCRIPTION
Test if the locale given as argument is a valid locale. If it isn't, print on stdout the string to add to /etc/locale.gen to make locale-gen generate the locale (if it exists at all). FILES
/usr/sbin/validlocale /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
DEFAULTCHARSET Which charset to assume if the given locale is missing from the list of supported locales. EXAMPLES
If you give a valid locale as parameter, it outputs a string specifying this on stderr: % validlocale C locale 'C' valid and available When given a invalid (not generated or just nonexistent), it outputs a string on stderr telling that this is an invalid locale, and a string to stdout with the string to add to /etc/locale.gen to have this locale generated: % validlocale de_AU@euro locale 'de_AU@euro' not available de_AU@euro ISO-8859-15 AUTHORS
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> SEE ALSO
locale-gen(8), localedef(1), locale(1) Petter Reinholdtsen 0.1 validlocale(8)