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RC_LC_MESSAGES, RC_LC_CTYPE, RC_LC_COLLATE, RC_LC_TIME,
RC_LC_NUMERIC, RC_LC_MONETARY
These variables are passed to the shell without the RC_ prefix and represent the
listed categories. The shell profiles concerned are listed below. The current setting
can be shown with the command locale.
RC_LC_ALL
This variable, if set, overwrites the values of the variables already mentioned.
RC_LANG
If none of the previous variables are set, this is the fallback. By default, only
RC_LANG is set. This makes it easier for users to enter their own values.
ROOT_USES_LANG
A yes or no variable. If it is set to no, root always works in the POSIX environ-
ment.
The variables can be set with the YaST sysconfig editor (see Section 20.3.1, "Changing
the System Configuration Using the YaST sysconfig Editor" (page 402)). The value of
such a variable contains the language code, country code, encoding, and modifier. The
individual components are connected by special characters:
LANG=<language>[[_<COUNTRY>].<Encoding>[@<Modifier>]]
22.4.1 Some Examples
You should always set the language and country codes together. Language settings
follow the standard ISO 639 available at
standards/iso639/iso639-en.html
standards/iso639-2/. Country codes are listed in ISO 3166 available at
www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/codlstp1/en_listp1
.html.
It only makes sense to set values for which usable description files can be found in
/usr/lib/locale. Additional description files can be created from the files in
/usr/share/i18n using the command localedef. The description files are part
of the glibc-i18ndata package. A description file for en_US.UTF-8 (for English
and United States) can be created with:
434 Installation and Administration
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http://www.loc.gov/
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