locale.gen(5)							 locale.gen(5)



NAME
       locale.gen - Configuration file for locale-gen

DESCRIPTION
       The  file /etc/locale.gen lists the locales that are to be generated by
       the locale-gen command.

       Each line is of the form:

        

       where  is one of the locales given  in  /usr/share/i18n/locales
       and       is   one   of   the	character   sets   listed   in
       /usr/share/i18n/charmaps

       The locale-gen command will generate all the locales, placing  them  in
       /usr/lib/locale.


SEE ALSO
       locale-gen(8), localedef(1), locale(1)

AUTHOR
       Alastair McKinstry 



Debian GNU/Linux		   July 2005			 locale.gen(5)