LOCALE.ALIAS(5) BSD File Formats Manual LOCALE.ALIAS(5)
NAME
locale.alias -- locale alias file
SYNOPSIS
locale.alias
DESCRIPTION
The locale.alias file describes locale aliases. Each line of this file can be described as the following BNF:
line := src ws dst
src := locale_name
| locale_category_name
ws := <white spaces>
dst := locale_name
| "/FORCE"
locale_category_name := locale_name '/' category_name
category_name := "LC_CTYPE"
| "LC_COLLATE"
| "LC_TIME"
| "LC_NUMERIC"
| "LC_MONETARY"
| "LC_MESSAGES"
locale_name := <locale name>
FILES
/usr/share/locale/locale.alias This file.
EXAMPLES
ja_JP.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE en_US.UTF-8
This means that ``ja_JP.UTF-8'' for LC_CTYPE category is redirected to ``en_US.UTF-8''.
Pig /FORCE
This means that ``Pig'' for all categories is forcibly enabled.
SEE ALSO
locale(1), nls(7)
HISTORY
The locale.alias file appeared in NetBSD 3.0.
BSD
July 22, 2004 BSD
