man/locale.conf.xml

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  25 <refentry id="locale.conf">
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>locale.conf</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>locale.conf</refname>
  47                 <refpurpose>configuration file for locale settings</refpurpose>
  48         </refnamediv>
  49
  50         <refsynopsisdiv>
  51                 <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename></para>
  52         </refsynopsisdiv>
  53
  54         <refsect1>
  55                 <title>Description</title>
  56
  57                 <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file
  58                 configures system-wide locale settings.</para>
  59
  60                 <para>The basic file format of
  61                 <filename>locale.conf</filename> is a
  62                 newline-separated list of environment-like
  63                 shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
  64                 to source the configuration from shell scripts,
  65                 however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell
  66                 features are supported, allowing applications to read
  67                 the file without implementing a shell compatible
  68                 execution engine.</para>
  69
  70                 <para>Note that the kernel command line options
  71                 <varname>locale.LANG=</varname>,
  72                 <varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname>,
  73                 <varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
  74                 <varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
  75                 <varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname>,
  76                 <varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
  77                 <varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
  78                 <varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
  79                 <varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname>,
  80                 <varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname>,
  81                 <varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
  82                 <varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
  83                 <varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
  84                 <varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname> may be
  85                 used to override the locale settings at boot.</para>
  86
  87                 <para>The locale settings configured in
  88                 <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide
  89                 and are inherited by every service or user, unless
  90                 overridden or unset by individual programs or
  91                 individual users.</para>
  92
  93                 <para>Depending on the operating system other
  94                 configuration files might be checked for locale
  95                 configuration as well, however only as
  96                 fallback.</para>
  97         </refsect1>
  98
  99         <refsect1>
 100                 <title>Options</title>
 101
 102                 <para>The following locale settings may be set using
 103                 <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:
 104                 <varname>LANG=</varname>,
 105                 <varname>LANGUAGE=</varname>,
 106                 <varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
 107                 <varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
 108                 <varname>LC_TIME=</varname>,
 109                 <varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
 110                 <varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
 111                 <varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
 112                 <varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>,
 113                 <varname>LC_NAME=</varname>,
 114                 <varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
 115                 <varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
 116                 <varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
 117                 <varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>. Note that
 118                 <varname>LC_ALL</varname> may not be be configured in
 119                 this file. For details about the meaning and semantics
 120                 of these settings, refer to
 121                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 122         </refsect1>
 123
 124         <refsect1>
 125                 <title>Example</title>
 126
 127                 <example>
 128                         <title>German locale with English messages</title>
 129
 130                         <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf:</filename></para>
 131
 132                         <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 133 LC_MESSAGES=C</programlisting>
 134                 </example>
 135
 136         </refsect1>
 137
 138         <refsect1>
 139                   <title>See Also</title>
 140                   <para>
 141                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 142                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 143                   </para>
 144         </refsect1>
 145
 146 </refentry>