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.TH USELOCALE 3 2014-03-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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uselocale \- set/get the locale for the calling thread
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <locale.h>
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.BI "locale_t uselocale(locale_t " newloc );
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.sp
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.BR uselocale ():
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.PD 0
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.RS 4
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.TP
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Since glibc 2.10:
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_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 700
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.TP
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Before glibc 2.10:
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_GNU_SOURCE
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.RE
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.PD
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR uselocale ()
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function sets the current locale for the calling thread,
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and returns the thread's previously current locale.
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After a successful call to
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.BR uselocale (),
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any calls by this thread to functions that depend on the locale
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will operate as though the locale has been set to
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.IR newloc .
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The
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.I newloc
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argument can have one of the following values:
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A handle returned by a call to \fBnewlocale\fP(3) or \fBduplocale\fP(3)
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The calling thread's current locale is set to the specified locale.
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.TP
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The special locale object handle \fBLC_GLOBAL_LOCALE\fP
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The calling thread's current locale is set to the global locale determined by
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.BR setlocale (3).
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.TP
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.I "(locale_t) 0"
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The calling thread's current locale is left unchanged
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(and the current locale is returned as the function result).
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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On success,
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.BR uselocale ()
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returns the locale handle that was set by the previous call to
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.BR uselocale ()
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in this thread, or
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.BR LC_GLOBAL_HANDLE
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if there was no such previous call.
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On error, it returns
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.IR "(locale_t)\ 0",
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and sets
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.I errno
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to indicate the cause of the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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.I newloc
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does not refer to a valid locale object.
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.SH VERSIONS
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The
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.BR uselocale ()
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function first appeared in version 2.3 of the GNU C library.
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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POSIX.1-2008.
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.SH NOTES
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Unlike
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.BR setlocale (3),
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.BR uselocale ()
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does not allow selective replacement of individual locale categories.
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To employ a locale that differs in only a few categories from the current
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locale, use calls to
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.BR duplocale (3)
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and
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.BR newlocale (3)
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to obtain a locale object equivalent to the current locale and
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modify the desired categories in that object.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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See
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.BR newlocale (3)
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and
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.BR duplocale (3).
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR locale (1),
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.BR duplocale (3),
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.BR freelocale (3),
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.BR newlocale (3),
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.BR setlocale (3),
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.BR locale (5),
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.BR locale (7)
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