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

NAME

       locale-gen - compile a list of locale definition files

SYNOPSIS

       locale-gen [options] [locale] [language] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Compiled  locale  files	take about 50MB of disk space, and most users only need few locales.  In order to save disk space, compiled locale
       files are not distributed in the locales package, but selected locales are automatically generated when this package is installed  by  run-
       ning the locale-gen program.

       If  a  list of languages and/or locales is specified as arguments, then locale-gen only generates these particular locales and adds the new
       ones to /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local.  Otherwise it generates all supported locales.

       Locale data files can be stored either in a single archive file, /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive, or in a deep tree where  individual  files
       are stored under /usr/lib/locale/<locale_name>/LC_*.  But unlike the locales package, compiled locale definitions are not removed when run-
       ning locale-gen, and locales are compiled again only if locale source files have changed.

OPTIONS

       These options override settings found in /etc/belocs/locale-gen.conf.

       --help Display an help message and exit.

       --purge
	      Remove all existing locales before processing.

       --no-purge
	      Do not remove existing locales before processing.

       --archive
	      When this option is set, locale data are stored in a single archive /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive.

       --no-archive
	      When this option is set, locale data are stored in /usr/lib/locale/<locale_name>/LC_* files.  This is the default.

       --aliases=FILE
	      Locale aliases are read from FILE.

FILES

       /var/lib/locales/supported.d/*
	      List all locales to generate.  File format is similar to /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED.

       /etc/belocs/locale-gen.conf
	      Customize how compiled locale files are stored onto disk.

       /usr/lib/locale/<locale_name>/LC_*
	      Compiled locale data.

       /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
	      Generated archive containing compiled locale data, if --archive flag is set.

       /var/lib/belocs
	      Directory used to keep track of changes in locale source files.

SEE ALSO

       localedef(1), locale(1), locale-gen.conf(5).

AUTHOR

       The locale-gen program was originally written by Debian GNU libc maintainers, and has been improved by Denis  Barbier  <barbier@debian.org>
       for the belocs-locales-bin package.  This manual page has been rewritten from scratch to document the current behavior.

Debian GNU/Linux						    March 2005							     LOCALE-GEN(8)

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LOCALE(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 LOCALE(1)

NAME

     locale -- display locale settings

SYNOPSIS

     locale [-a|m]
     locale [-ck] name [...]

DESCRIPTION

     locale displays information about the current locale, or a list of all available locales.

     When locale is run with no arguments, it will display the current source of each locale category.

     When locale is given the name of a category, it acts as if it had been given each keyword in that category.  For each keyword it is given,
     the current value is displayed.

OPTIONS

     -a       Lists all public locales.

     -c name ...
	      Lists the category name before each keyword, unless it is the same category as the previously displayed keyword.

     -k name ...
	      Displays the name of each keyword prior to its value.

     -m       Lists all available public charmaps.  Darwin locales do not support charmaps, so list all CODESETs instead.

OPERANDS

     The following operand is supported:

     name is the name of a keyword or category to display.  A list of all keywords and categories can be shown with the following command:

     locale -ck LC_ALL

ENVIRONMENT

     LANG	  Used as a substitute for any unset LC_* variable.  If LANG is unset, it will act as if set to "C".  If any of LANG or LC_* are
		  set to invalid values, locale acts as if they are all unset.

     LC_ALL	  Will override the setting of all other LC_* variables.

     LC_COLLATE   Sets the locale for the LC_COLLATE category.

     LC_CTYPE	  Sets the locale for the LC_CTYPE category.

     LC_MESSAGES  Sets the locale for the LC_MESSAGES category.

     LC_MONETARY  Sets the locale for the LC_MONETARY category.

     LC_NUMERIC   Sets the locale for the LC_NUMERIC category.

     LC_TIME	  Sets the locale for the LC_TIME category.

SEE ALSO

     localedef(1), localeconv(3), nl_langinfo(3), setlocale(3)

STANDARDS

     The locale utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY

     locale appeared in Mac OS X 10.4

Darwin								  August 27, 2004							    Darwin
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