systemd/man/locale.conf.xml
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<refentry id="locale.conf">
<refentryinfo>
<title>locale.conf</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>locale.conf</refname>
<refpurpose>configuration file for locale settings</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file
configures system-wide locale settings.</para>
<para>The basic file format of
<filename>locale.conf</filename> is a
newline-separated list of environment-like
shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
to source the configuration from shell scripts,
however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell
features are supported, allowing applications to read
the file without implementing a shell compatible
execution engine.</para>
<para>Note that the kernel command line options
<varname>locale.LANG=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
<varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname> may be
used to override the locale settings at boot.</para>
<para>The locale settings configured in
<filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide
and are inherited by every service or user, unless
overridden or unset by individual programs or
individual users.</para>
<para>Depending on the operating system other
configuration files might be checked for locale
configuration as well, however only as
fallback.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following locale settings may be set using
<filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:
<varname>LANG=</varname>,
<varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
<varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
<varname>LC_TIME=</varname>,
<varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
<varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
<varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
<varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>,
<varname>LC_NAME=</varname>,
<varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
<varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
<varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
<varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>. Note that
<varname>LC_ALL</varname> may not be be configured in
this file. For details about the meaning and semantics
of these settings, refer to
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<example>
<title>German locale with English messages</title>
<para><filename>/etc/locale.conf:</filename></para>
<programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=C</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>