HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 5 Miscellaneous Topics (vol 9)

lang(5) lang(5)

NAME

lang - description of supported languages

DESCRIPTION

HP-UX NLS (Native Language Support) provides support for the processing and customs requirements of a

variety of languages. To enable NLS support for a particular language, a language deﬁnition must exist on

the HP-UX system. Invoking the command locale -a

(see locale(1)) displays information regarding

which languages are currently supported on a particular HP-UX system.

The default processing language for HP-UX is

POSIX. POSIX provides an environment in which process-

ing occurs without NLS functionality. This environment is based on the 7-bit-coded USASCII character set.

POSIX and C are equivalent and can be used interchangeably.

AUTHOR

lang was developed by HP.