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Re: How can I change the locale setting?



On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:42:08PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
>I must have missed something very elementary.  I can't find out how to
>change the locale setting from POSIX to en_US.
>
>locale -a shows both are available.  apropos locale provides a long
>list of locale programs including setlocale.  The man page for
>setlocale specifies the header to use in a C program.  I am not able to
>whip up a C program at the drop of a hat though I can work one out if
>forced.   Still there must be a trivially simple way to change the
>locale setting though I can't find one in my reference books.
>
>I would appreciate it if someone could take a moment to point me in the
>right direction.

Hmm, is /etc/environment related to the locale setting?

/M

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