Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:07:20 +0000 (UTC) From: Joerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r363290 - stable/11/lib/libc/locale Message-ID: <202007172207.06HM7Kru025848@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: joerg Date: Fri Jul 17 22:07:19 2020 New Revision: 363290 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363290 Log: MFC r362708 Explain how to learn about possible recognized locale names Modified: stable/11/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Directory Properties: stable/11/ (props changed) Modified: stable/11/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 ============================================================================== --- stable/11/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Fri Jul 17 22:04:58 2020 (r363289) +++ stable/11/lib/libc/locale/setlocale.3 Fri Jul 17 22:07:19 2020 (r363290) @@ -115,9 +115,24 @@ argument of causes .Fn setlocale to return the current locale. +.Pp +The option +.Fl a +to the +.Xr locale 1 +command can be used to display all further possible names for the +.Fa locale +argument that are recognized. +Specifying any unrecognized value for +.Fa locale +makes +.Fn setlocale +fail. +.Pp By default, C programs start in the .Li \&"C" locale. +.Pp The only function in the library that sets the locale is .Fn setlocale ; the locale is never changed as a side effect of some other routine. @@ -150,6 +165,7 @@ and the category .Sh ERRORS No errors are defined. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr locale 1 , .Xr localedef 1 , .Xr catopen 3 , .Xr ctype 3 ,
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