Manual: validlocale

validlocale(8)												      validlocale(8)

NAME
       validlocale - Test if a given locale is available

SYNTAX
       validlocale 

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/lo‐
       cale.gen to make locale-gen generate the locale (if it exists at all).

FILES
       /usr/sbin/validlocale
       /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED

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	 in‐
       valid 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

AUTHORS
       Petter Reinholdtsen 

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

Petter Reinholdtsen					     0.1					      validlocale(8)