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From: barr@frog.UUCP (Chris Barr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Internationalisation, setlocale()
Summary: Name directories '{country}_{language}'
Message-ID: <14535@frog.UUCP>
Date: 5 May 90 00:48:00 GMT
References: <11071@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Organization: Charles River Data Systems
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In article <11071@cbmvax.commodore.com>, valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes:

> The ANSI C function setlocale() allows the programmer to set the locale to
> be used in localised functions. As examples we are given
> 
> /usr/lib/locale/german/LC_MESSAGES/		contains message catalogues
>                       /LC_COLLATE               collation (sorting) information
>                       /LC_TIME                  time & date information
>                       /LC_NUMERIC               number format infomation
>                       /LC_MONETARY              monetary symbol & format info
> 
> But this is rather confusing. While messages and collation information varies
> according to language, time format and monetary information is country specific.
> So how are locale directories supposed to be organised?

Name directories for BOTH country and language.  
Files which are the same for different 'locales' might be linked, e.g. messages 
in switz_french & canada_french.
e.g.:
 /usr/lib/locale/switz_german/
 /usr/lib/locale/switz_french/
 /usr/lib/locale/canada_french/
 /usr/lib/locale/canada_english/