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LOCALE(5)		       Linux User Manual		     LOCALE(5)

NAME
       locale - Describes a locale definition file

DESCRIPTION
       The  locale  definition	files  contains	 all  the information that the
       localedef(1) command needs to convert it into the binary	 locale	 data‐
       base.

       The  definition	files consist of sections which each describe a locale
       category in detail.

SYNTAX
       The locale definition file starts with a header that may consist of the
       following keywords:

       <escape_char>
	      is  followed  by	a character that should be used as the escape-
	      character for the rest of	 the  file  to	mark  characters  that
	      should be interpreted in a special way. It defaults to the back‐
	      slash ( \ ).

       <comment_char>
	      is followed by a character that will be  used  as	 the  comment-
	      character	 for  the  rest of the file. It defaults to the number
	      sign (#).

       The locale definition has one part for each locale category.  Each part
       can  be	copied	from  another  existing	 locale or can be defined from
       scratch. If the category should be copied, the only  valid  keyword  in
       the  definition is copy followed by the name of the locale which should
       be copied.

   LC_CTYPE
       The definition  for  the	 LC_CTYPE  category  starts  with  the	string
       LC_CTYPE in the first column.

       There are the following keywords allowed:

       upper  followed	by a list of uppercase letters. The letters A trough Z
	      are included automatically. Characters also specified as	cntrl,
	      digit, punct, or space are not allowed.

       lower  followed	by a list of lowercase letters. The letters a trough z
	      are included automatically. Characters also specified as	cntrl,
	      digit, punct, or space are not allowed.

       alpha  followed by a list of letters. All character specified as either
	      upper or lower are automatically included. Characters also spec‐
	      ified as cntrl, digit, punct, or space are not allowed.

       digit  followed	by  the	 characters classified as numeric digits. Only
	      the digits 0 trough 9 are allowed. They are included by  default
	      in this class.

       space  followed	by a list of characters defined as white-space charac‐
	      ters. Characters also specified as upper, lower,	alpha,	digit,
	      graph, or xdigit are not allowed. The characters <space>, <form-
	      feed>, <newline>, <carriage-return>, <tab>,  and	<vertical-tab>
	      are automatically included.

       cntrl  followed by a list of control characters.	 Characters also spec‐
	      ified as upper, lower, alpha, digit,  punct,  graph,  print,  or
	      xdigit are not allowed.

       punct  followed	by  a  list of punctuation characters. Characters also
	      specified as upper, lower, alpha, digit, cntrl, xdigit,  or  the
	      <space> character are not allowed.

       graph  followed	by  a  list of printable characters, not including the
	      <space> character.  The  characters  defined  as	upper,	lower,
	      alpha,  digit,  xdigit,  and  punct  are automatically included.
	      Characters also specified as cntrl are not allowed.

       print  followed by  a  list  of	printable  characters,	including  the
	      <space>  character.  The	characters  defined  as	 upper, lower,
	      alpha, digit, xdigit, punct, and the <space> character are auto‐
	      matically	 included.  Characters also specified as cntrl are not
	      allowed.

       xdigit followed by a list of characters classified as hexadecimal  dig‐
	      its. The decimal digits must be included followed by one or more
	      set of six characters in ascending order. The following  charac‐
	      ters  are	 included by default: 0 trough 9, a trough f, A trough
	      F.

       blank  followed by a list of characters classified as blank.  The char‐
	      acters <space> and <tab> are automatically included.

       toupper
	      followed	by a list of mappings from lowercase to uppercase let‐
	      ters. Each mapping is a pair of a	 lowercase  and	 an  uppercase
	      letter  separated with a , and enclosed in parentheses. The mem‐
	      bers of the list are separated with semicolons.

       tolower
	      followed by a list of mappings from uppercase to lowercase  let‐
	      ters.  If the keyword tolower is not present, the reverse of the
	      toupper list is used.

       The LC_CTYPE definition ends with the string END LC_CYTPE.

   LC_COLLATE
       The LC_COLLATE category defines the rules for collating characters. Due
       to limitations of libc not all POSIX-options are implemented.

       The definition starts with the string LC_COLLATE in the first column.

       There are the following keywords allowed:

       collating-element

       collating-symbol

       The order-definition starts with a line:

       order_start

       followed	 by  a list of keywords out of forward, backward, or position.
       The order definition consists of lines that describe the order  and  is
       terminated with the keyword

       order_end.

       For  more details see the sources in /usr/lib/nls/src notably the exam‐
       ples POSIX, Example and Example2

       The LC_COLLATE definition ends with the string ENDLC_COLLATE.

   LC_MONETARY
       The definition starts with the string LC_MONETARY in the first column.

       There are the following keywords allowed:

       int_curr_symbol
	      followed by the international currency symbol. This  must	 be  a
	      4-character  string containing the international currency symbol
	      as defined by the ISO 4217 standard (three characters)  followed
	      by a separator.

       currency_symbol
	      followed by the local currency symbol.

       mon_decimal_point
	      followed	by  the string that will be used as the decimal delim‐
	      iter when formatting monetary quantities.

       mon_thousands_sep
	      followed by the string that will be used as  a  group  separator
	      when formatting monetary quantities.

       mon_grouping
	      followed	by  a  string that describes the formatting of numeric
	      quantities.

       positive_sign
	      followed by a string that is used to indicate  a	positive  sign
	      for monetary quantities.

       negative_sign
	      followed	by  a  string that is used to indicate a negative sign
	      for monetary quantities.

       int_frac_digits
	      followed by the number of fractional digits that should be  used
	      when formatting with the int_curr_symbol.

       frac_digits
	      followed	by the number of fractional digits that should be used
	      when formatting with the currency_symbol.

       p_cs_precedes
	      followed by an integer  set  to  1  if  the  currency_symbol  or
	      int_curr_symbol
	       should  precede	the formatted monetary quantity or set to 0 if
	      the symbol succeeds the value.

       p_sep_by_space
	      followed by an integer.

	      0	     means that no space should be printed between the	symbol
		     and the value.

	      1	     means  that  a space should be printed between the symbol
		     and the value.

	      2	     means that a space should be printed between  the	symbol
		     and the sign string, if adjacent.

       n_cs_precedes

	      0	     - the symbol succeeds the value.

	      1	     - the symbol precedes the value.

       n_sep_by_space
	      An integer set to 0 if no space separates the currency_symbol or
	      int_curr_symbol from the value for a negative monetary quantity,
	      set  to 1 if a space separates the symbol from the value and set
	      to 2 if a space separates the symbol and	the  sign  string,  if
	      adjacent.

       p_sign_posn

	      0	     Parentheses  enclose the quantity and the currency_symbol
		     or int_curr_symbol.

	      1	     The sign  string  precedes	 the  quantity	and  the  cur‐
		     rency_symbol or the int_curr_symbol.

	      2	     The  sign	string	succeeds  the  quantity	 and  the cur‐
		     rency_symbol or the int_curr_symbol.

	      3	     The sign  string  precedes	 the  currency_symbol  or  the
		     int_curr_symbol.

	      4	     The  sign	string	succeeds  the  currency_symbol	or the
		     int_curr_symbol.

       n_sign_posn

	      0	     Parentheses enclose the quantity and the  currency_symbol
		     or int_curr_symbol.

	      1	     The  sign	string	precedes  the  quantity	 and  the cur‐
		     rency_symbol or the int_curr_symbol.

	      2	     The sign  string  succeeds	 the  quantity	and  the  cur‐
		     rency_symbol or the int_curr_symbol.

	      3	     The  sign	string	precedes  the  currency_symbol	or the
		     int_curr_symbol.

	      4	     The sign  string  succeeds	 the  currency_symbol  or  the
		     int_curr_symbol.

       The LC_MONETARY definition ends with the string END LC_MONETARY.

   LC_NUMERIC
       The definition starts with the string LC_NUMERIC in the first column.

       The following keywords are allowed:

       decimal_point
	      followed	by  the string that will be used as the decimal delim‐
	      iter when formatting numeric quantities.

       thousands_sep
	      followed by the string that will be used as  a  group  separator
	      when formatting numeric quantities.

       grouping
	      followed	by  a  string that describes the formatting of numeric
	      quantities.

       The LC_NUMERIC definition ends with the string END LC_NUMERIC.

   LC_TIME
       The definition starts with the string LC_TIME in the first column.

       The following keywords are allowed:

       abday  followed by a list of abbreviated weekday names. The list starts
	      with Sunday or its translation.

       day    followed	by  a list of weekday names. The list starts with Sun‐
	      day.

       abmon  followed by a list of abbreviated month names.

       mon    followed by a list of month names.

       am_pm  The appropriate representation of the am and pm strings.

       d_t_fmt
	      The appropriate date and time format.

       d_fmt  The appropriate date format.

       t_fmt  The appropriate time format.

       t_fmt_ampm
	      The appropriate time format when using 12h clock format.

       The LC_TIME definition ends with the string END LC_TIME.

   LC_MESSAGES
       The definition starts with the string LC_MESSAGES in the first column.

       The following keywords are allowed:

       yesexpr
	      followed by a regular expression that  describes	possible  yes-
	      responses.

       noexpr followed	by  a  regular	expression that describes possible no-
	      responses.

       The LC_MESSAGES definition ends with the string END LC_MESSAGES.

       See the POSIX.2 standard for details.

FILES
       /usr/lib/locale/ — database for the current locale setting of that cat‐
       egory
       /usr/lib/nls/charmap/* — charmap-files

BUGS
       The manpage isn't complete.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.2

SEE ALSO
       locale(1), localedef(1), localeconv(3), setlocale(3), charmap(5)

National Language Support	  1994-11-09			     LOCALE(5)
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