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2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 3, 2001
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.Dt NL_LANGINFO 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nl_langinfo
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.Nd language information
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In langinfo.h
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.Ft char *
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.Fn nl_langinfo "nl_item item"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn nl_langinfo
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function returns a pointer to a string containing information relevant to
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the particular language or cultural area defined in the program's locale.
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The manifest constant names and values of
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.Fa item
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are defined in
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.Aq Pa langinfo.h .
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.Pp
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Calls to
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.Fn setlocale
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with a category corresponding to the category of
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.Fa item ,
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or to the
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category
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.Dv LC_ALL ,
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may overwrite buffer pointed by the return value.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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For example:
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.Pp
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.Dl nl_langinfo(ABDAY_1)
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.Pp
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would return a pointer to the string
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.Qq Li Dom
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if the identified language was
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Portuguese, and
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.Qq Li Sun
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if the identified language was English.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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In a locale where langinfo data is not defined,
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.Fn nl_langinfo
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returns a pointer to the corresponding string in the
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.Tn POSIX
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locale.
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In all locales,
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.Fn nl_langinfo
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returns a pointer to an empty string if
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.Fa item
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contains an invalid setting.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr setlocale 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn nl_langinfo
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function conforms to
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.St -susv2 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn nl_langinfo
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function first appeared in
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.Fx 5.0 .
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