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 <[email protected]>