NAME¶
validlocale - Test if a given locale is available
SYNTAX¶
validlocale <
locale>
DESCRIPTION¶
Test if the locale given as argument is a valid locale. If it isn't, print on
stdout the string to add to /etc/locale.gen to make locale-gen generate the
locale (if it exists at all).
FILES¶
/usr/sbin/validlocale
/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
- DEFAULTCHARSET
- Which charset to assume if the given locale is missing from
the list of supported locales.
EXAMPLES¶
If you give a valid locale as parameter, it outputs a string specifying this on
stderr:
- % validlocale C
locale 'C' valid and available
When given a invalid (not generated or just nonexistent), it outputs a string on
stderr telling that this is an invalid locale, and a string to stdout with the
string to add to /etc/locale.gen to have this locale generated:
- % validlocale de_AU@euro
locale 'de_AU@euro' not available
de_AU@euro ISO-8859-15
AUTHORS¶
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
SEE ALSO¶
locale-gen(8),
localedef(1),
locale(1)