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| e3bff60a | 22 | <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 220</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="locale.conf"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>locale.conf — Configuration file for locale settings</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><p><code class="filename">/etc/locale.conf</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140553047869168"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p>The <code class="filename">/etc/locale.conf</code> file configures |
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23 | system-wide locale settings. It is read at early-boot by |
| 24 | <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>.</p><p>The basic file format of <code class="filename">locale.conf</code> is | |
| 25 | a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible | |
| 26 | variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration | |
| 27 | from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no | |
| 28 | shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the | |
| 29 | file without implementing a shell compatible execution | |
| 30 | engine.</p><p>Note that the kernel command line options | |
| 31 | <code class="varname">locale.LANG=</code>, | |
| 32 | <code class="varname">locale.LANGUAGE=</code>, | |
| 33 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_CTYPE=</code>, | |
| 34 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_NUMERIC=</code>, | |
| 35 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_TIME=</code>, | |
| 36 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_COLLATE=</code>, | |
| 37 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_MONETARY=</code>, | |
| 38 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_MESSAGES=</code>, | |
| 39 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_PAPER=</code>, | |
| 40 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_NAME=</code>, | |
| 41 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_ADDRESS=</code>, | |
| 42 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</code>, | |
| 43 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</code>, | |
| 44 | <code class="varname">locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</code> may be | |
| 45 | used to override the locale settings at boot.</p><p>The locale settings configured in | |
| 46 | <code class="filename">/etc/locale.conf</code> are system-wide and are | |
| 47 | inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by | |
| 48 | individual programs or individual users.</p><p>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files | |
| 49 | might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as | |
| e3bff60a | 50 | fallback.</p><p><a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/localectl.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">localectl</span>(1)</span></a> |
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51 | may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from |
| 52 | the command line. Use | |
| 53 | <a href="systemd-firstboot.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-firstboot</span>(1)</span></a> | |
| 54 | to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system | |
| e3bff60a | 55 | images.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140553046834048"></a><h2 id="Options">Options<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Options">¶</a></h2><p>The following locale settings may be set using |
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56 | <code class="filename">/etc/locale.conf</code>: |
| 57 | <code class="varname">LANG=</code>, | |
| 58 | <code class="varname">LANGUAGE=</code>, | |
| 59 | <code class="varname">LC_CTYPE=</code>, | |
| 60 | <code class="varname">LC_NUMERIC=</code>, | |
| 61 | <code class="varname">LC_TIME=</code>, | |
| 62 | <code class="varname">LC_COLLATE=</code>, | |
| 63 | <code class="varname">LC_MONETARY=</code>, | |
| 64 | <code class="varname">LC_MESSAGES=</code>, | |
| 65 | <code class="varname">LC_PAPER=</code>, | |
| 66 | <code class="varname">LC_NAME=</code>, | |
| 67 | <code class="varname">LC_ADDRESS=</code>, | |
| 68 | <code class="varname">LC_TELEPHONE=</code>, | |
| 69 | <code class="varname">LC_MEASUREMENT=</code>, | |
| 70 | <code class="varname">LC_IDENTIFICATION=</code>. | |
| 71 | Note that <code class="varname">LC_ALL</code> may not be configured in this | |
| 72 | file. For details about the meaning and semantics of these | |
| 73 | settings, refer to | |
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74 | <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/locale.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">locale</span>(7)</span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140553046825360"></a><h2 id="Example">Example<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Example">¶</a></h2><div class="example"><a name="idm140553046824720"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 1. German locale with English messages</b></p><div class="example-contents"><p><code class="filename">/etc/locale.conf</code>:</p><pre class="programlisting">LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 |
| 75 | LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</pre></div></div><br class="example-break"></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm140553046822320"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p> | |
| e735f4d4 | 76 | <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>, |
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77 | <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/locale.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">locale</span>(7)</span></a>, |
| 78 | <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/localectl.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">localectl</span>(1)</span></a>, | |
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79 | <a href="systemd-localed.service.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-localed.service</span>(8)</span></a>, |
| 80 | <a href="systemd-firstboot.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-firstboot</span>(1)</span></a> | |
| 81 | </p></div></div></body></html> |