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.\" Copyright (C) 2014 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.TH duplocale 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
duplocale \- duplicate a locale object
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <locale.h>
.P
.BI "locale_t duplocale(locale_t " locobj );
.fi
.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.RE
.P
.BR duplocale ():
.nf
Since glibc 2.10:
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700
Before glibc 2.10:
_GNU_SOURCE
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR duplocale ()
function creates a duplicate of the locale object referred to by
.IR locobj .
.P
If
.I locobj
is
.BR LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE ,
.BR duplocale ()
creates a locale object containing a copy of the global locale
determined by
.BR setlocale (3).
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR duplocale ()
returns a handle for the new locale object.
On error, it returns
.IR "(locale_t)\ 0",
and sets
.I errno
to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B ENOMEM
Insufficient memory to create the duplicate locale object.
.SH STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
glibc 2.3.
.SH NOTES
Duplicating a locale can serve the following purposes:
.IP \[bu] 3
To create a copy of a locale object in which one of more categories
are to be modified (using
.BR newlocale (3)).
.IP \[bu]
To obtain a handle for the current locale which can used in
other functions that employ a locale handle, such as
.BR toupper_l (3).
This is done by applying
.BR duplocale ()
to the value returned by the following call:
.IP
.in +4n
.EX
loc = uselocale((locale_t) 0);
.EE
.in
.IP
This technique is necessary, because the above
.BR uselocale (3)
call may return the value
.BR LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE ,
which results in undefined behavior if passed to functions such as
.BR toupper_l (3).
Calling
.BR duplocale ()
can be used to ensure that the
.B LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE
value is converted into a usable locale object.
See EXAMPLES, below.
.P
Each locale object created by
.BR duplocale ()
should be deallocated using
.BR freelocale (3).
.SH EXAMPLES
The program below uses
.BR uselocale (3)
and
.BR duplocale ()
to obtain a handle for the current locale which is then passed to
.BR toupper_l (3).
The program takes one command-line argument,
a string of characters that is converted to uppercase and
displayed on standard output.
An example of its use is the following:
.P
.in +4n
.EX
$ \fB./a.out abc\fP
ABC
.EE
.in
.SS Program source
\&
.\" SRC BEGIN (duplocale.c)
.EX
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 700
#include <ctype.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
\&
#define errExit(msg) do { perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); \e
} while (0)
\&
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
locale_t loc, nloc;
\&
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s string\en", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
\&
/* This sequence is necessary, because uselocale() might return
the value LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE, which can\[aq]t be passed as an
argument to toupper_l(). */
\&
loc = uselocale((locale_t) 0);
if (loc == (locale_t) 0)
errExit("uselocale");
\&
nloc = duplocale(loc);
if (nloc == (locale_t) 0)
errExit("duplocale");
\&
for (char *p = argv[1]; *p; p++)
putchar(toupper_l(*p, nloc));
\&
printf("\en");
\&
freelocale(nloc);
\&
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
.EE
.\" SRC END
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR freelocale (3),
.BR newlocale (3),
.BR setlocale (3),
.BR uselocale (3),
.BR locale (5),
.BR locale (7)
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