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.Dd July 22, 2004
.Dt LOCALE.ALIAS 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm locale.alias
.Nd locale alias file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm locale.alias
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm locale.alias
file describes locale aliases.
Each line of this file can be described as the following BNF:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
line			:=	src ws dst
src			:=	locale_name
			|	locale_category_name
ws			:=	\*[Lt]white spaces\*[Gt]
dst			:=	locale_name
			|	"/FORCE"
locale_category_name	:=	locale_name '/' category_name
category_name		:=	"LC_CTYPE"
			|	"LC_COLLATE"
			|	"LC_TIME"
			|	"LC_NUMERIC"
			|	"LC_MONETARY"
			|	"LC_MESSAGES"
locale_name		:=	\*[Lt]locale name\*[Gt]
.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/locale/locale.alias -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/locale/locale.alias
This file.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ja_JP.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE		en_US.UTF-8
.Ed
This means that
.Dq Dv ja_JP.UTF-8
for
.Dv LC_CTYPE
category is redirected to
.Dq Dv en_US.UTF-8 .
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Pig				/FORCE
.Ed
This means that
.Dq Dv Pig
for all categories is forcibly enabled.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr locale 1 ,
.Xr nls 7
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file appeared in
.Nx 3.0 .