/* In the child start the pager */
if (pager_pid == 0) {
- const char* less_opts;
+ const char* less_opts, *less_charset;
(void) reset_all_signal_handlers();
(void) reset_signal_mask();
dup2(fd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
safe_close_pair(fd);
+ /* Initialize a good set of less options */
less_opts = getenv("SYSTEMD_LESS");
if (!less_opts)
less_opts = "FRSXMK";
less_opts = strjoina(less_opts, " +G");
setenv("LESS", less_opts, 1);
+ /* Initialize a good charset for less. This is
+ * particularly important if we output UTF-8
+ * characters. */
+ less_charset = getenv("SYSTEMD_LESSCHARSET");
+ if (!less_charset && is_locale_utf8())
+ less_charset = "utf-8";
+ if (less_charset)
+ setenv("LESSCHARSET", less_charset, 1);
+
/* Make sure the pager goes away when the parent dies */
if (prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGTERM) < 0)
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);