locale/uselocale.3

   1 .Dd March 11, 2005
   2 .Dt USELOCALE 3
   3 .Os
   4 .Sh NAME
   5 .Nm uselocale
   6 .Nd Set the per-thread locale
   7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
   8 .In xlocale.h
   9 .Ft locale_t
  10 .Fn uselocale "locale_t loc"
  11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  12 Sets the per-thread locale to
  13 .Va loc .
  14 Specify
  15 .Dv LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE
  16 to turn off any per-thread locale.
  17 Pass
  18 .Dv NULL
  19 to return the current value of the per-thread locale (or
  20 .Dv LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE )
  21 without changing the locale.
  22 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  23 Returns the previous locale, or
  24 .Dv LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE
  25 if no per-thread locale was in effect.
  26 .Sh SEE ALSO
  27 .Xr duplocale 3 ,
  28 .Xr freelocale 3 ,
  29 .Xr newlocale 3 ,
  30 .Xr querylocale 3 ,
  31 .Xr xlocale 3