NAME

       cdist-type__locale_system - Set system-wide locale

DESCRIPTION

       This cdist type allows you to modify system-wide locale.  The name of the locale category is given as the
       object id (usually you are probably interested in using LANG).

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       state  present  or absent, defaults to present.  If present, sets the locale category to the given value.
              If absent, removes the locale category from the system file.

       value  The value for the locale category.  Defaults to en_US.UTF-8.

EXAMPLES

          # Set LANG to en_US.UTF-8
          __locale_system LANG

          # Same as above, but more explicit
          __locale_system LANG --value en_US.UTF-8

          # Set category LC_MESSAGES to de_CH.UTF-8
          __locale_system LC_MESSAGES --value de_CH.UTF-8

          # Remove setting for LC_ALL
          __locale_system LC_ALL --state absent

SEE ALSO

       locale(1), localedef(1), cdist-type__locale(7)

AUTHORS

       Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
       Carlos Ortigoza <carlos.ortigoza--@--ungleich.ch>
       Nico Schottelius <nico.schottelius--@--ungleich.ch>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2016 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under  the  terms  of  the  GNU
       General Public License version 3 or later (GPLv3+).

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2021

7.0.0                                             Sep 26, 2023                      CDIST-TYPE__LOCALE_SYSTEM(7)