geocustoms(1M)

NAME

geocustoms — configure system language on multi-language systems

SYNOPSIS

geocustoms[-l locale]

DESCRIPTION

The geocustoms command manages default selection of multiple languages installed on "ignited" (Instant Ignition) systems. In subsequent sessions, invoking the command /usr/sbin/geocustoms starts geocustoms. When invoked with no options, geocustoms runs interactively with a terminal interface.

Options

-l locale: Non-interactively set the LANG parameter. To view all locales available on the system, run locale -a. If the locale argument is not a valid option for the system, an error message is issued and the terminal user interface (also known as TUI or UI) appears, as if the -l option were not used.

If the argument to the -l option is SET_NULL_LOCALE, locale parameters are set to NULL by default. A null locale causes programs to execute without using localized message catalogs, which can increase system performance. All HP-UX messages appear in English if the locale is set to NULL.

The geocustoms command must be invoked by a user with appropriate privilege.

If geocustoms is invoked directly by the user, it might be necessary to log out and login again for language changes to take effect.

RETURN VALUE

0: Successful completion and/or clean exit from command.
1: Command unable to complete all objectives.

DIAGNOSTICS

Standard Output

The non-interactive geocustoms command does not write to stdout.

EXAMPLES

To set the default system language non-interactively to German:

/usr/sbin/geocustoms -l de_DE.iso88591 

DEPENDENCIES

Limitations

The geocustoms command does not do the following:

Manage languages at the codeset level.
Manage keyboard selection.
Create or remove locale definitions.
Provide a special interface for restoring or adding languages to the system from depots or media.

FILES

/usr/sbin/geocustoms: The command itself.

System configuration files modified by geocustoms:

/etc/rc.config.d/LANG
/etc/dt/config/Xconfig

AUTHOR

The geocustoms command was developed by HP.

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

POSIX.2, UNIX95 (SPEC1170 and XPG4).