validlocale - Test if a given locale is available
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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).
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
Files
/usr/sbin/validlocale/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
Name
validlocale - Test if a given locale is available
See Also
locale-gen(8), localedef(1), locale(1) Petter Reinholdtsen 0.1 validlocale(8)
Syntax
validlocale <locale>
