debian man page for update-locale

UPDATE-LOCALE(8)					      System Manager's Manual						  UPDATE-LOCALE(8)

NAME
       update-locale - Modify global locale settings

SYNTAX
       update-locale [OPTIONS] [var=locale | var] [...]

DESCRIPTION
       This  program can be called by maintainer scripts when Debian packages are installed or removed, it updates the /etc/default/locale file to
       reflect changes in system configuration related to global locale settings.  When variables have no value assigned, they	are  removed  from
       the locale file.  Some basic checks are performed to ensure that requested settings are valid.

OPTIONS
       --help Display an help message and exit.

       --reset
	      Variables which are not set on command-line are cleared out.

       --locale-file FILE
	      Define file containing locale variables.	(Default: /etc/default/locale)

       --no-checks
	      Do not perform sanity checks on locale variables.

EXAMPLE
       The command
	       update-locale LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 LANGUAGE
       sets LANG to en_CA.UTF-8 and removes definitions for LANGUAGE.

FILES
       /etc/default/locale
	      File where global locale settings are stored.

AUTHOR
       Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>

SEE ALSO
       locale-gen(8), locale(1)

Debian GNU/Linux						    April 2006							  UPDATE-LOCALE(8)