.Dd March 11, 2005
.Dt DUPLOCALE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm duplocale
.Nd Duplicate existing locale
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In xlocale.h
.Ft locale_t
.Fn duplocale "locale_t loc"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Duplicates an existing
.Vt locale_t .
Sub-structures are shared between the two
.Vt locale_t
structures.
Passing
.Dv NULL
will duplicate the current locale.
Passing
.Dv LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE
will duplicate the global locale.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Returns a duplicated
.Vt locale_t ,
or
.Dv NULL
on error.
Duplicated locales should be freed with
.Xr freelocale 3 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr freelocale 3 ,
.Xr newlocale 3 ,
.Xr querylocale 3 ,
.Xr uselocale 3 ,
.Xr xlocale 3