man/locale.conf.xml

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  25 <refentry id="locale.conf">
  26         <refentryinfo>
  27                 <title>locale.conf</title>
  28                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  29
  30                 <authorgroup>
  31                         <author>
  32                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  33                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  34                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  35                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  36                         </author>
  37                 </authorgroup>
  38         </refentryinfo>
  39
  40         <refmeta>
  41                 <refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle>
  42                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  43         </refmeta>
  44
  45         <refnamediv>
  46                 <refname>locale.conf</refname>
  47                 <refpurpose>Configuration file for locale settings</refpurpose>
  48         </refnamediv>
  49
  50         <refsynopsisdiv>
  51                 <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename></para>
  52         </refsynopsisdiv>
  53
  54         <refsect1>
  55                 <title>Description</title>
  56
  57                 <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file
  58                 configures system-wide locale settings. It is read at
  59                 early-boot by
  60                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  61
  62                 <para>The basic file format of
  63                 <filename>locale.conf</filename> is a
  64                 newline-separated list of environment-like
  65                 shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
  66                 to source the configuration from shell scripts,
  67                 however, beyond mere variable assignments, no shell
  68                 features are supported, allowing applications to read
  69                 the file without implementing a shell compatible
  70                 execution engine.</para>
  71
  72                 <para>Note that the kernel command line options
  73                 <varname>locale.LANG=</varname>,
  74                 <varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname>,
  75                 <varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
  76                 <varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
  77                 <varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname>,
  78                 <varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
  79                 <varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
  80                 <varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
  81                 <varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname>,
  82                 <varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname>,
  83                 <varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
  84                 <varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
  85                 <varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
  86                 <varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname> may be
  87                 used to override the locale settings at boot.</para>
  88
  89                 <para>The locale settings configured in
  90                 <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide
  91                 and are inherited by every service or user, unless
  92                 overridden or unset by individual programs or
  93                 individual users.</para>
  94
  95                 <para>Depending on the operating system, other
  96                 configuration files might be checked for locale
  97                 configuration as well, however only as
  98                 fallback.</para>
  99
 100                 <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 101                 may be used to alter the settings in this file during
 102                 runtime from the command line. Use
 103                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 104                 to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system
 105                 images.</para>
 106         </refsect1>
 107
 108         <refsect1>
 109                 <title>Options</title>
 110
 111                 <para>The following locale settings may be set using
 112                 <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:
 113                 <varname>LANG=</varname>,
 114                 <varname>LANGUAGE=</varname>,
 115                 <varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
 116                 <varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
 117                 <varname>LC_TIME=</varname>,
 118                 <varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
 119                 <varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
 120                 <varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
 121                 <varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>,
 122                 <varname>LC_NAME=</varname>,
 123                 <varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
 124                 <varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
 125                 <varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
 126                 <varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>. Note that
 127                 <varname>LC_ALL</varname> may not be configured in
 128                 this file. For details about the meaning and semantics
 129                 of these settings, refer to
 130                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
 131         </refsect1>
 132
 133         <refsect1>
 134                 <title>Example</title>
 135
 136                 <example>
 137                         <title>German locale with English messages</title>
 138
 139                         <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:</para>
 140
 141                         <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 142 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8</programlisting>
 143                 </example>
 144
 145         </refsect1>
 146
 147         <refsect1>
 148                   <title>See Also</title>
 149                   <para>
 150                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 151                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 152                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 153                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 154                           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 155                   </para>
 156         </refsect1>
 157
 158 </refentry>