> But, is there no more direct way of accessing the $LANG var from within the > Java program itself? You could try System.getProperty("user.language"), but I'm not sure how portable this is, or how well it relates to $LANG (my system returns "en" and my $LANG is not set). Ben. -- Ben Burton benb@acm.org | bab@debian.org Public Key: finger bab@db.debian.org Alas, I am dying beyond my means. (As he sipped champagne on his deathbed) - Oscar Wilde