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USELOCALE(3)             BSD Library Functions Manual             USELOCALE(3)

NAME
     uselocale -- Set the per-thread locale

SYNOPSIS
     #include <xlocale.h>

     locale_t
     uselocale(locale_t loc);

DESCRIPTION
     Sets the per-thread locale to loc.  Specify LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE to turn off any per-thread locale.  Pass
     NULL to return the current value of the per-thread locale (or LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE) without changing the
     locale.

RETURN VALUES
     Returns the previous locale, or LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE if no per-thread locale was in effect.

SEE ALSO
     duplocale(3), freelocale(3), newlocale(3), querylocale(3), xlocale(3)

BSD                             March 11, 2005                             BSD