CDE

NAME

Get_Locale − get a tool’s locale

SYNOPSIS

Get_Locale(in string category,
out string locale
[...]);

DESCRIPTION

The Get_Locale request reports the POSIX locale of the indicated locale categories. 

The category argument is the locale category to get.  A locale category is a group of data types whose output formatting varies according to locale in a similar way.  ISO C and  locale categories are:

LC_ALL
LC_COLLATE
LC_CTYPE
LC_MESSAGES
LC_MONETARY
LC_NUMERIC
LC_TIME

The locale argument is the name of the current locale of the indicated category.  The value of locale is implementation-defined.  For example, Solaris defines such locales as C, de, fr, it, etc. 

ERRORS

The ToolTalk service may return the following error in processing the Get_Locale request:

TT_DESKTOP_EINVAL
The locale argument is not valid on the handler’s host. 

APPLICATION USAGE

The ttdt_session_join(3), function can be used to register for, and transparently process, the Get_Locale request. 

Also, Get_Locale can be sent by ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3), with the reply being handled transparently. 

SEE ALSO

setlocale(3)C ttdt_sender_imprint_on(3), ttdt_session_join(3); Set_Locale request.