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diff --git a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml index 79673c274..fcd259a6d 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml +++ b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml @@ -501,61 +501,6 @@ The format for ACL output is as follows: </para> </sect2> -<sect2 id="getlocale"><title>getlocale</title> - -<screen> -Usage: getlocale [-asuh] -Print Windows locale(s) - -Options: - - -a, --all List all available locales - -s, --system Print system default locale - (default is current user default locale) - -u, --utf Attach ".UTF-8" to the result - -h, --help this text -</screen> - -<para><command>getlocale</command> without parameters just prints the -current user's Windows default locale to stdout. The <literal>-s</literal> -option prints the systems default locale instead. With the -<literal>-u</literal> option <command>getlocale</command> appends a ".UTF-8". -This can be used in scripts to set the Cygwin locale to the Windows user -or system default, for instance, for a US-based user: -</para> - -<screen> -bash$ export LANG=$(getlocale -u) -bash$ echo $LANG -en_US.UTF-8 -</screen> - -<para>The <literal>-a</literal> option is helpful to learn which locales -are supported by your Windows machine. It prints all available locales, -their meaning, and the allowed modifiers. Example:</para> - -<screen> -bash$ getlocale -a -ar_SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia) -ar_IQ Arabic (Iraq) -... -zh_TW Chinese (Traditional) (Taiwan) -zh_TW@cjknarrow Chinese (Traditional) (Taiwan) -... -de_AT German (Austria) -de_AT@euro German (Austria) -... -en_US English (United States) -en_GB English (United Kingdom) -en_AU English (Australia) -... -sr_RS Serbian (Cyrillic) (Serbia) -sr_RS@latin Serbian (Latin) (Serbia) -... -</screen> - -</sect2> - <sect2 id="kill"><title>kill</title> <screen> @@ -655,6 +600,93 @@ SIGUSR2 31 user defined signal 2 </sect2> +<sect2 id="locale"><title>locale</title> + +<screen> +Usage: locale [-amsuUvh] + or: locale [-ck] NAME +Get locale-specific information. + +Options: + + -a, --all-locales List all available supported locales + -c, --category-name List information about given category NAME + -k, --keyword-name Print information about given keyword NAME + -m, --charmaps List all available character maps + -s, --system Print system default locale + -u, --user Print user's default locale + -U, --utf Attach ".UTF-8" to the result + -v, --verbose More verbose output + -h, --help This text +</screen> + +<para><command>locale</command> without parameters prints information about +the current locale environment settings.</para> + +<para>The <literal>-u</literal> option prints the current user's Windows +default locale to stdout. The <literal>-s</literal> option prints the +systems default locale instead. With the <literal>-U</literal> option +<command>locale</command> appends a ".UTF-8". This can be used in scripts +to set the Cygwin locale to the Windows user or system default, for instance: +</para> + +<screen> +bash$ export LANG=$(locale -uU) +bash$ echo $LANG +en_US.UTF-8 +</screen> + +<para>The <literal>-a</literal> option is helpful to learn which locales +are supported by your Windows machine. It prints all available locales +and the allowed modifiers. The <literal>-v</literal> option prints +additionally the English names of the language and territory connected +to this locale. Example:</para> + +<screen> +bash$ locale -av +ar_SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia) +ar_IQ Arabic (Iraq) +... +zh_TW Chinese (Traditional) (Taiwan) +zh_TW@cjknarrow Chinese (Traditional) (Taiwan) +... +de_AT German (Austria) +de_AT@euro German (Austria) +... +en_US English (United States) +en_GB English (United Kingdom) +en_AU English (Australia) +... +sr_RS Serbian (Cyrillic) (Serbia) +sr_RS@latin Serbian (Latin) (Serbia) +... +</screen> + +<para>The <literal>-m</literal> option prints the names of the available +charmaps supported by Cygwin to stdout.</para> + +<para>Otherwise, if arguments are given, <command>locale</command> prints +the values assigned to these arguments. Arguments can be names of locale +categories (for instance: LC_CTYPE, LC_MONETARY), or names of keywords +supported in the locale categories (for instance: thousands_sep, charmap). +The <literal>-c</literal> option prints additionally the name of the category. +The <literal>-k</literal> option prints additionally the name of the keyword. +Example:</para> + +<screen> +bash$ locale -ck LC_MESSAGES +LC_MESSAGES +yesexpr="^[yY]" +noexpr="^[nN]" +yesstr="yes" +nostr="no" +messages-codeset="UTF-8" +bash$ locale noexpr +^[nN] +</screen> + +</sect2> + <sect2 id="mkgroup"><title>mkgroup</title> <screen> |