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+
+<refentry id="locale.conf">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>locale.conf</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>locale.conf</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Configuration file for locale settings</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file
+ configures system-wide locale settings. It is read at
+ early-boot by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>The basic file format of
+ <filename>locale.conf</filename> is a
+ newline-separated list of environment-like
+ shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible
+ to source the configuration from shell scripts,
+ however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell
+ features are supported, allowing applications to read
+ the file without implementing a shell compatible
+ execution engine.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the kernel command line options
+ <varname>locale.LANG=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
+ <varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname> may be
+ used to override the locale settings at boot.</para>
+
+ <para>The locale settings configured in
+ <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> are system-wide
+ and are inherited by every service or user, unless
+ overridden or unset by individual programs or
+ individual users.</para>
+
+ <para>Depending on the operating system other
+ configuration files might be checked for locale
+ configuration as well, however only as
+ fallback.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following locale settings may be set using
+ <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>:
+ <varname>LANG=</varname>,
+ <varname>LANGUAGE=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_CTYPE=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_NUMERIC=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_TIME=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_COLLATE=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_MONETARY=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_MESSAGES=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_PAPER=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_NAME=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_ADDRESS=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_TELEPHONE=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname>,
+ <varname>LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname>. Note that
+ <varname>LC_ALL</varname> may not be configured in
+ this file. For details about the meaning and semantics
+ of these settings, refer to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Example</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>German locale with English messages</title>
+
+ <para><filename>/etc/locale.conf:</filename></para>
+
+ <programlisting>LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+LC_MESSAGES=C</programlisting>
+ </example>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>