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.SH "NAME"
locale.conf \- configuration file for locale settings
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fB/etc/locale\&.conf\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The /etc/locale\&.conf file configures system\-wide locale settings\&.
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The basic file format of locale\&.conf is a newline\-separated list of environment\-like shell\-compatible variable assignments\&. It is possible to source the configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the file without implementing a shell compatible execution engine\&.
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The locale settings configured in /etc/locale\&.conf are system\-wide and are inherited by every service or user, unless overridden or unset by individual programs or individual users\&. To avoid services inheriting the locale settings on sysvinit systems, the DAEMON_LOCALE variable in rc\&.conf can be set to "no"\&.
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In Arch /etc/rc\&.conf is checked for locale configuration as well, however only as fallback\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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The following locale settings may be set using /etc/locale\&.conf: \fBLANG=\fR, \fBLANGUAGE=\fR, \fBLC_CTYPE=\fR, \fBLC_NUMERIC=\fR, \fBLC_TIME=\fR, \fBLC_COLLATE=\fR, \fBLC_MONETARY=\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES=\fR, \fBLC_PAPER=\fR, \fBLC_NAME=\fR, \fBLC_ADDRESS=\fR, \fBLC_TELEPHONE=\fR, \fBLC_MEASUREMENT=\fR, \fBLC_IDENTIFICATION=\fR\&. Note that \fBLC_ALL\fR may not be be configured in this file\&. For details about the meaning and semantics of these settings, refer to locale(7)\&. The LANG variable overrides LOCALE from /etc/rc\&.conf\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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systemd\&.locale\&.conf(5), locale(7), rc\&.conf(5)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Original by Lennart Poettering, adapted to Arch Linux by Tom Gundersen\&.