mklanginfo-compiles language information constants for a locale
mklanginfo[fname]
This program takes the file specified as an argument, and converts the input into a file suitable for placement in $TUXDIR/locale/xx/LANGINFO where xx is a specific locale. The standard input is used if a file argument is not specified. The language values are used by setlocale(3c), strftime(3c) and nl_langinfo(3c).
mklanginfo reads input lines, ignoring lines that begin with white space or '#'. Value input lines must be of the form
<token> = "value"
(the characters between the token and the double-quoted value can be anything but a double quote as long as white space appears after the token). If value is the null string, the line is ignored. Otherwise, token must either be a integer between 1 and 48, inclusive, or a string as follows:
Integer String Value 1
DAY_1 Day 1 of the week, e.g., Sunday 2
DAY_2 Day 2 of the week, e.g., Monday 3
DAY_3 Day 3 of the week, e.g., Tuesday 4
DAY_4 Day 4 of the week, e.g., Wednesday 5
DAY_5 Day 5 of the week, e.g., Thursday 6
DAY_6 Day 6 of the week, e.g., Friday 7
DAY_7 Day 7 of the week, e.g., Saturday 8
ABDAY_1 Abbreviated day 1 of the week, e.g., Sun 9
ABDAY_2 Abbreviated day 2 of the week, e.g., Mon 10
ABDAY_3 Abbreviated day 3 of the week, e.g., Tue 11
ABDAY_4 Abbreviated day 4 of the week, e.g., Wed 12
ABDAY_5 Abbreviated day 5 of the week, e.g., Thu 13
ABDAY_6 Abbreviated day 6 of the week, e.g., Fri 14
ABDAY_7 Abbreviated day 7 of the week, e.g., Sat 15
MON_1 Month 1 of the year, e.g., January 16
MON_2 Month 2 of the year, e.g., February 17
MON_3 Month 3 of the year, e.g., March 18
MON_4 Month 4 of the year, e.g., April 19
MON_5 Month 5 of the year, e.g., May 20
MON_6 Month 6 of the year, e.g., June 21
MON_7 Month 7 of the year, e.g., July 22
MON_8 Month 8 of the year, e.g., August 23
MON_9 Month 9 of the year, e.g., September 24
MON_10 Month 10 of the year, e.g., October 25
MON_11 Month 11 of the year, e.g., November 26
MON_12 Month 12 of the year, e.g., December 27
ABMON_1 Abbreviated month 1 of the year, e.g., Jan 28
ABMON_2 Abbreviated month 2 of the year, e.g., Feb 29
ABMON_3 Abbreviated month 3 of the year, e.g., Mar 30
ABMON_4 Abbreviated month 4 of the year, e.g., Apr 31
ABMON_5 Abbreviated month 5 of the year, e.g., May 32
ABMON_6 Abbreviated month 6 of the year, e.g., Jun 33
ABMON_7 Abbreviated month 7 of the year, e.g., Jul 34
ABMON_8 Abbreviated month 8 of the year, e.g., Aug 35
ABMON_9 Abbreviated month 9 of the year, e.g., Sep 36
ABMON_10 Abbreviated month 10 of the year, e.g., Oct 37
ABMON_11 Abbreviated month 11 of the year, e.g., Nov 38
ABMON_12 Abbreviated month 12 of the year, e.g., Dec 39
RADIXCHAR Radix character, e.g., '.' 40
THOUSEP Separator for thousands 41
YESSTR Affirmative response string, e.g., yes 42
NOSTR Negative response string, e.g., no 43
CRNCYSTR Currency symbol 44
D_T_FMT string for formatting date and time, e.g., "%a%b%d%H:%M:0Y" 45
D_FMT string for formatting date, e.g., "%m/%d/%y" 46
T_FMT string for formatting time, e.g., "H:%M:%S" 47
AM_FMT Ante Meridian affix, e.g., AM 48
PM_FMT Post Meridian affix, e.g., PM
The input lines may appear in any order (if an input line appears more than once for the same value, the last line for that value is used).
After processing the file, mklanginfo prints the string name and string value for each language information constant listed above to the standard error in the order specified above. The null string is used as a value for any language information constant not specified; nl_langinfo will use the default value for the C locale (U.S. English values) for these unset constants.
If a file name is specified on the command name, mklanginfo writes the compiled output to fname.out; otherwise, the output is written to the standard output. The format is a list of all of the null-terminated string values (without newlines).
If an error occurs in reading the file or in the syntax, an error message is printed to the standard error and the program exits with exit code 1. On success, the program exits with exit code 0.
The defaults for the BEA TUXEDO system (locale C) are located in $TUXDIR/locale/C/lang.text. To provide French values, an administrator might do the following: mkdir $TUXDIR/locale/french cd $TUXDIR/locale/french cp $TUXDIR/locale/C/lang.text. ed lang.text... convert to French values w q mklanginfo lang.text > LANGINFO
$TUXDIR/locale/C/lang.text - the default values for the C locale $TUXDIR/locale/C/LANGINFO - the "compiled" file for the C locale $TUXDIR/locale/xx/LANGINFO - the "compiled" file for the "xx" locale
The mklanginfo command and the resulting LANGINFO file are needed only if the BEA TUXEDO system compatibility functions for setlocale(), strftime(), or nl_langinfo() are used. The functions provided with the UNIX System use a different set and format of files.
setlocale(3c), strftime(3c), nl_langinfo(3c), langinfo(5)