locale.gen (5)

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NAME

locale.gen - Configuration file for locale-gen

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/locale.gen lists the locales that are to be generated by the locale-gen command.
Each line is of the form:
<locale> <charset>
where <locale> is one of the locales given in /usr/share/i18n/locales and <charset> is one of the character sets listed in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps
The locale-gen command will generate all the locales, placing them in /usr/lib/locale.

SEE ALSO

locale-gen(8), localedef(1), locale(1)

AUTHOR

Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>