NAME
validlocale - Test if a given locale is available
SYNTAX
validlocale <locale>
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/locale.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:
P
% 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 invalid locale, and a string to stdout with the string to add to /etc/locale.gen
to have this locale generated:
P
% validlocale de_AU@euro
locale 'de_AT@euro' not available
de_AT@euro ISO-8859-15
AUTHORS
Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
SEE ALSO
locale-gen(8), localedef(1), locale(1)
