16.86. cdist-type__locale_system(7)¶

16.86.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__locale_system - Set system-wide locale

16.86.2. DESCRIPTION¶

This cdist type allows you to modify system-wide locale. The name of the locale category is given as the object id (usually you are probably interested in using LANG).

16.86.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

state: present or absent, defaults to present. If present, sets the locale category to the given value. If absent, removes the locale category from the system file.
value: The value for the locale category. Defaults to en_US.UTF-8.

16.86.4. EXAMPLES¶

# Set LANG to en_US.UTF-8
__locale_system LANG

# Same as above, but more explicit
__locale_system LANG --value en_US.UTF-8

# Set category LC_MESSAGES to de_CH.UTF-8
__locale_system LC_MESSAGES --value de_CH.UTF-8

# Remove setting for LC_ALL
__locale_system LC_ALL --state absent

16.86.5. SEE ALSO¶

locale(1), localedef(1), cdist-type__locale(7)

16.86.6. AUTHORS¶

Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
Carlos Ortigoza <carlos.ortigoza--@--ungleich.ch>
Nico Schottelius <nico.schottelius--@--ungleich.ch>

16.86.7. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2016 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later (GPLv3+).