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5 | <!-- | |
6 | This file is part of systemd. | |
7 | ||
8 | Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering | |
9 | ||
10 | systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
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12 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or | |
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15 | systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but | |
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22 | --> | |
23 | ||
24 | <refentry id="locale.conf"> | |
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25 | <refentryinfo> |
26 | <title>locale.conf</title> | |
27 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
28 | ||
29 | <authorgroup> | |
30 | <author> | |
31 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
32 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
33 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
34 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
35 | </author> | |
36 | </authorgroup> | |
37 | </refentryinfo> | |
38 | ||
39 | <refmeta> | |
40 | <refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle> | |
41 | <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> | |
42 | </refmeta> | |
43 | ||
44 | <refnamediv> | |
45 | <refname>locale.conf</refname> | |
46 | <refpurpose>Configuration file for locale settings</refpurpose> | |
47 | </refnamediv> | |
48 | ||
49 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
50 | <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename></para> | |
51 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
52 | ||
53 | <refsect1> | |
54 | <title>Description</title> | |
55 | ||
56 | <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file configures | |
b938cb90 | 57 | system-wide locale settings. It is read at early boot by |
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58 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
59 | ||
60 | <para>The basic file format of <filename>locale.conf</filename> is | |
61 | a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible | |
62 | variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration | |
63 | from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments, no | |
64 | shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the | |
65 | file without implementing a shell compatible execution | |
66 | engine.</para> | |
67 | ||
68 | <para>Note that the kernel command line options | |
69 | <varname>locale.LANG=</varname>, | |
70 | <varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname>, | |
71 | <varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname>, | |
72 | <varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname>, | |
73 | <varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname>, | |
74 | <varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname>, | |
75 | <varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname>, | |
76 | <varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname>, | |
77 | <varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname>, | |
78 | <varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname>, | |
79 | <varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname>, | |
80 | <varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>, | |
81 | <varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>, | |
82 | <varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname> may be | |
83 | used to override the locale settings at boot.</para> | |
84 | ||
85 | <para>The locale settings configured in | |
86 | <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide and are | |
87 | inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by | |
88 | individual programs or individual users.</para> | |
89 | ||
90 | <para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files | |
91 | might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as | |
92 | fallback.</para> | |
93 | ||
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94 | <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> is usually created and updated |
95 | using | |
96 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
97 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
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98 | may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from |
99 | the command line. Use | |
100 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
8968e36f | 101 | to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system images.</para> |
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102 | </refsect1> |
103 | ||
104 | <refsect1> | |
105 | <title>Options</title> | |
106 | ||
107 | <para>The following locale settings may be set using | |
108 | <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>: | |
109 | <varname>LANG=</varname>, | |
110 | <varname>LANGUAGE=</varname>, | |
111 | <varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>, | |
112 | <varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>, | |
113 | <varname>LC_TIME=</varname>, | |
114 | <varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>, | |
115 | <varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>, | |
116 | <varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>, | |
117 | <varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>, | |
118 | <varname>LC_NAME=</varname>, | |
119 | <varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>, | |
120 | <varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>, | |
121 | <varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>, | |
122 | <varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>. | |
123 | Note that <varname>LC_ALL</varname> may not be configured in this | |
124 | file. For details about the meaning and semantics of these | |
125 | settings, refer to | |
3ba3a79d | 126 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> |
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127 | </refsect1> |
128 | ||
129 | <refsect1> | |
130 | <title>Example</title> | |
131 | ||
132 | <example> | |
133 | <title>German locale with English messages</title> | |
134 | ||
135 | <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:</para> | |
136 | ||
137 | <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 | |
409dee2e | 138 | LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting> |
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139 | </example> |
140 | ||
141 | </refsect1> | |
142 | ||
143 | <refsect1> | |
144 | <title>See Also</title> | |
145 | <para> | |
146 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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147 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
148 | <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
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149 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
150 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
151 | </para> | |
152 | </refsect1> | |
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153 | |
154 | </refentry> |