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localedef(1M) localedef(1M)
NAME
localedef - generate a locale environment
SYNOPSIS
localedef [-cenvw][-C compiler_options ][
-L
loader_options ][-m
method_file ]
[
-f charmap_file ][
-i locale_definition ][-u code_set_name] locale_name
DESCRIPTION
The
localedef command sets up the language environment for the named locale. The
localedef
command reads a locale definition file (see localedef (4) for a detailed description) from standard input
(default) or from locale_definition file, creates a locale file with the same name as specified for the
locale_name parameter, and optionally installs this locale in the appropriate directory. Installation of
public locales (those accessible to all users) requires appropriate privileges. Creation of locales (both
private and public) requires access to the ANSI C compiler.
Options
The
localedef command recognizes the following options:
-c Create permanent output even if warning messages have been generated.
-e Generate 64-bit locale in addition to the 32-bit locale. This is the default on a 64-bit
operating system (and hence on Itanium(R)-based systems) and is included to allow cross
platform development.
-n (noinstall) Create the locale file in the current directory.
-v (verbose) Generate as many diagnostic messages as possible.
-w Generate additional warning messages for duplicate definitions and ellipses use in the
LC_COLLATE category.
-f charmap_file
If locale definition file contains symbolic names (of the form <name>) use
charmap_file . See charmap (4) for a description of the format of a charmap_file .
-i locale_definition
Use locale_definition file as input, instead of standard input (default).
-m method_file
Use the specified method_file to overwrite use of default methods in processing the locale
definition.
-u code_set_name
Specify the name of a codeset used as the target mapping of character symbols and collat-
ing element symbols whose encoding values are defined in terms of the Unicode (ISO/IEC
10646-1:2000) scalar values.
-C compiler_options
Specify additional compiler options to be applied in compiling the locale. See
cc_bundled (1) for a complete list of options. Use with care on a 64-bit operating system
since the additional default option includes +DA2.0W on PA-RISC and +DD64 on
Itanium-based systems.
-L loader_options
Specify additional loader options to be applied in linking the locale. See ld(1) for a com-
plete list of options.
locale_name This argument is required, and identifies the name of the language following the naming
convention of the
LANG environment variable (see environ (5)):
language [ _territory ][.codeset ]
The following is a brief description of the components that make up a locale. For a complete description
of the form and syntax of a locale definition file, see localedef (4). For a complete description of the
form and effects of a charmap file, see charmap (4).
Six categories of data in the locale_name file are recognized by setlocale(), and make up a
language definition:
LC_COLLATE Information in this category affects behavior of regular-expressions and NLS
string-collation functions.
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