UNIX environment variables for West European languages

The following table lists the environment variables and values to use for setting Western European language support on UNIX or Linux machines, as described in Configuring Western European language support on UNIX or Linux.

Environment variable

Description / value

LC_ALL

"" (an empty string)

Set this variable by adding the setenv LC_ALL "" to the following:

  • Control-M/Server: .cshrc or .profile file
  • Other components: .cshrc or .profile file:
  • Control-M/EM: If the .cshrc or .profile file is not updated with environment variables, create the $HOME/ctm_em/etc/em_env_local.csh file and then add the line

LC_CTYPE
and
LANG

The value of the required language locale for UNIX, as described in ISO Latin-1 character set locale settings for UNIX or Linux.

setenv LC_CTYPE localeName
setenv LANG localeName

LC_COLLATE

C for all languages (or c, as defined on the computer).

To determine whether the C locale is present, use the locale -a command. If the C (or c) locale is not present, you can use POSIX or one of the English locales that appear in the previous table.

Set this variable by adding the setenv LC_COLLATE C to the following:

  • Control-M/Server: .cshrc or .profile file
  • Other components: .cshrc or .profile file
  • Control-M/EM: If the .cshrc or .profile file is not updated with environment variables, create the $HOME/ctm_em/etc/em_env_local.csh file and then add the line

LC_MESSAGES

C (or c, as defined on the computer) for all languages on accounts where Control-M/Server is installed.

This variable only applies to Control-M/Server only. To determine whether the C locale is present, use the locale -a command. If the C (or c) locale is not present, use POSIX or one of the English locales that appear in the previous table.

Set this variable by adding the setenv LC_MESSAGES C to the following:

  • Control-M/Server: ..cshrc or .profile file
  • Other components: .cshrc or .profile file
  • Control-M/EM: If the .cshrc or .profile file is not updated with environment variables, create the $HOME/ctm_em/etc/em_env_local.csh file and then add the line

Parent Topic

Western European language configuration