localedef(1) User Commands localedef(1)NAMElocaledef - define locale environment
SYNOPSISlocaledef [-c] [-C compiler_options] [-f charmap]
[-i sourcefile] [-L linker_options] [-m model]
[-u code_set_name] [-W cc, arg] [-x extensions_file] localename
DESCRIPTION
The localedef utility converts source definitions for locale categories
into a format usable by the functions and utilities whose operational
behavior is determined by the setting of the locale environment vari‐
ables; see environ(5).
The utility reads source definitions for one or more locale categories
belonging to the same locale from the file named in the -i option (if
specified) or from standard input.
Each category source definition is identified by the corresponding
environment variable name and terminated by an END category-name state‐
ment. The following categories are supported.
LC_CTYPE Defines character classification and case conversion.
LC_COLLATE Defines collation rules.
LC_MONETARY Defines the format and symbols used in formatting of
monetary information.
LC_NUMERIC Defines the decimal delimiter, grouping and grouping
symbol for non-monetary numeric editing.
LC_TIME Defines the format and content of date and time informa‐
tion.
LC_MESSAGES Defines the format and values of affirmative and nega‐
tive responses.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-c Creates permanent output even if warning mes‐
sages have been issued.
-C compiler_options Passes the compiler_options to the C compiler
(cc). If more than one option is specified, then
the options must be enclosed in quotes ("").
This is an old option. Use the -W cc,arg option
instead.
-f charmap Specifies the pathname of a file containing a
mapping of character symbols and collating ele‐
ment symbols to actual character encodings. This
option must be specified if symbolic names
(other than collating symbols defined in a col‐
lating-symbol keyword) are used. If the -f
option is not present, the default character
mapping will be used.
-i sourcefile The path name of a file containing the source
definitions. If this option is not present,
source definitions will be read from standard
input.
-L linker_options Passes the linker_options to the C compiler (cc)
that follows the C source filename. If more than
one option is specified, then the options must
be enclosed in quotes ("").
This is an old option. Use the -W cc,arg option
instead.
-m model Specifies whether localedef will generate a
64-bit or a 32-bit locale object.
Specify model as ilp32 to generate a 32-bit
locale object. Specify lp64 to generate a 64-bit
locale object. If the -m option is not speci‐
fied, localedef generates a 32-bit locale
object. And if no other options than -c, -f, and
-i options are specified and if the system run‐
ning localedef supports the 64-bit environment,
localedef additionally generates a 64-bit locale
object.
-u code_set_name Specifies the name of a codeset used as the tar‐
get mapping of character symbols and collating
element symbols whose encoding values are
defined in terms of the ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000
standard position constant values. See NOTES.
-W cc,arg Passes arg options to the C compiler. Each argu‐
ment must be separated from the preceding by
only a comma. A comma can be part of an argument
by escaping it withan immediately preceding
backslash character; the backslash is removed
from the resulting argument.
Use this option instead of the -C and -L
options.
-x extensions_file Specifies the name of an extension file where
various localedef options are listed. See
locale(5).
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
localename Identifies the locale. If the name contains one or more
slash characters, localename will be interpreted as a
path name where the created locale definitions will be
stored. This capability may be restricted to users with
appropriate privileges. (As a consequence of specifying
one localename, although several categories can be pro‐
cessed in one execution, only categories belonging to the
same locale can be processed.)
OUTPUTlocaledef creates a temporary C source file that represents the
locale's data. localedef then calls the C compiler to compile this C
source file into a shared object.
If the -m ilp32 option is specified, localedef calls the C compiler for
generating 32-bit objects and generates a 32-bit locale object. If the
-m lp64 option is specified, localedef calls the C compiler for gener‐
ating 64-bit objects and generates a 64-bit locale object.
If the -m option is not specified, localedef calls the C compiler for
generating 32-bit objects and generates a 32-bit locale object. If no
other options than -c, -f, and -i options are specified and if the sys‐
tem running localedef supports the 64-bit environment, localedef addi‐
tionally calls the C compiler for generating 64-bit objects and gener‐
ates a 64-bit locale object.
If no option to the C compiler is explicitly specified using the -W,
-C, or -L options, localedef calls the C compiler with appropriate C
compiler options to generate a locale object or objects.
If the -m ilp32 option is specified, localedef generates a 32-bit
locale object named:
localename.so.version_number
If the -m lp64 option is specified, localedef generates a 64-bit locale
object named:
localename.so.version_number
If the -m option is not specified, localedef generates a 32-bit locale
object named:
localename.so.version_number
and, if appropriate, generates a 64-bit locale object named:
64-bit_architecture_name/localename.so.version_number
The shared object for the 32-bit environment must be moved to:
/usr/lib/locale/localename/localename.so.version_number
The shared object for the 64-bit environment on SPARC must be moved to:
/usr/lib/locale/localename/sparcv9/localename.so.version_number
The shared object for the 64-bit environment on AMD64 must be moved to:
/usr/lib/locale/<localename>/amd64/<localename>.so.<version_number>
localedef also generates a text file named localename that is used for
information only.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for definitions of the following environment variables
that affect the execution of localedef: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE,
LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 No errors occurred and the locales were successfully created.
1 Warnings occurred and the locales were successfully created.
2 The locale specification exceeded implementation limits or the
coded character set or sets used were not supported by the imple‐
mentation, and no locale was created.
3 The capability to create new locales is not supported by the
implementation.
>3 Warnings or errors occurred and no output was created.
If an error is detected, no permanent output will be created.
FILES
/usr/lib/localedef/extensions/generic_eucbc.x
Describes what a generic EUC locale uses in the system. This file
is used by default.
/usr/lib/localedef/extensions/single_byte.x
Describes a generic single-byte file used in the system.
/usr/lib/locale/localename/localename.so.version_number
The shared object for the 32-bit environment.
/usr/lib/locale/localename/sparcv9/localename.so.version_number
The shared object for the 64-bit environment on SPARC.
/usr/lib/locale/<localename>/amd64/<localename>.so.<version_number>
The shared object for the 64-bit environment on AMD64.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWcs │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Standard │See standards(5). │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOlocale(1), iconv_open(3C), nl_langinfo(3C), strftime(3C),
attributes(5), charmap(5), environ(5), extensions(5), locale(5), stan‐
dards(5)WARNINGS
If warnings occur, permanent output will be created if the -c option
was specified. The following conditions will cause warning messages to
be issued:
o If a symbolic name not found in the charmap file is used for
the descriptions of the LC_CTYPE or LC_COLLATE categories
(for other categories, this will be an error conditions).
o If optional keywords not supported by the implementation are
present in the source.
NOTES
When the -u option is used, the code_set_name option-argument is inter‐
preted as a name of a codeset to which the ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000 stan‐
dard position constant values are converted. Both the ISO/IEC 10646-1:
2000 standard position constant values and other formats (decimal,
hexadecimal, or octal) are valid as encoding values within the charmap
file. The codeset can be any codeset that is supported by the
iconv_open(3C) function on the system.
When conflicts occur between the charmap specification of
code_set_name, mb_cur_max, or mb_cur_min and the corresponding value
for the codeset represented by the -u option-argument code_set_name,
the localedef utility fails as an error.
When conflicts occur between the charmap encoding values specified for
symbolic names of characters of the portable character set and the
character encoding values defined by the US-ASCII, the result is
unspecified.
If a non-printable character in the charmap has a width specified that
is not -1, localedef generates a warning.
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