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 configures
  58     system-wide locale settings. It is read at early-boot by
  59     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  60
  61     <para>The basic file format of <filename>locale.conf</filename> is
  62     a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible
  63     variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration
  64     from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no
  65     shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the
  66     file without implementing a shell compatible execution
  67     engine.</para>
  68
  69     <para>Note that the kernel command line options
  70     <varname>locale.LANG=</varname>,
  71     <varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname>,
  72     <varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
  73     <varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
  74     <varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname>,
  75     <varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
  76     <varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
  77     <varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
  78     <varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname>,
  79     <varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname>,
  80     <varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
  81     <varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
  82     <varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
  83     <varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname> may be
  84     used to override the locale settings at boot.</para>
  85
  86     <para>The locale settings configured in
  87     <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide and are
  88     inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by
  89     individual programs or individual users.</para>
  90
  91     <para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files
  92     might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as
  93     fallback.</para>
  94
  95     <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  96     may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from
  97     the command line. Use
  98     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  99     to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system
 100     images.</para>
 101   </refsect1>
 102
 103   <refsect1>
 104     <title>Options</title>
 105
 106     <para>The following locale settings may be set using
 107     <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:
 108     <varname>LANG=</varname>,
 109     <varname>LANGUAGE=</varname>,
 110     <varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
 111     <varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
 112     <varname>LC_TIME=</varname>,
 113     <varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
 114     <varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
 115     <varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
 116     <varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>,
 117     <varname>LC_NAME=</varname>,
 118     <varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
 119     <varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
 120     <varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
 121     <varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>.
 122     Note that <varname>LC_ALL</varname> may not be configured in this
 123     file. For details about the meaning and semantics of these
 124     settings, refer to
 125     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 126   </refsect1>
 127
 128   <refsect1>
 129     <title>Example</title>
 130
 131     <example>
 132       <title>German locale with English messages</title>
 133
 134       <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:</para>
 135
 136       <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 137 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting>
 138     </example>
 139
 140   </refsect1>
 141
 142   <refsect1>
 143       <title>See Also</title>
 144       <para>
 145         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 146         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 147         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 148         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 149         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 150       </para>
 151   </refsect1>
 152
 153 </refentry>