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Re: /etc/environment



which man page do i need to learn more about the LANG and LC_LANG
variables?  is there a comperhensive list of env variables?


On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 10:20:31AM +0200, Jacques Foury wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 03:19:13PM +0200, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote:
> > > 
> > > The only place I found LANG=C appeared to be /etc/environment, and
> > > changing this to LANG='' appears to have solved the problem.
> > > 
> > > Why is LANG set to C from /etc/environment; which package puts this in?
> > > And what does LANG=C mean to programs in general?
> 
> 
> > However, I don't know what "C" means. 
> > 
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Marko Cehaja
> 
> As far as I know, 'C' is for generic english, just as in the C language...
> Pleased to help... ;-)
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> Jacques Foury
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