16.93. cdist-type__locale_system(7)¶
16.93.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__locale_system - Set system-wide locale
16.93.2. 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).
16.93.3. 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.
16.93.4. 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
16.93.5. SEE ALSO¶
locale(1), localedef(1), cdist-type__locale(7)
16.93.7. 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+).