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.Dd September 17, 2011 .Dt USELOCALE 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm uselocale .Nd Sets a thread-local locale .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n locale.h .Ft locale_t .Fn uselocale "locale_t locale" .Sh DESCRIPTION Specifies the locale for this thread to use. Specifying .Fa LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE disables the per-thread locale, while NULL returns the current locale without setting a new one. .Sh RETURN VALUES Returns the previous locale, or LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE if this thread has no locale associated with it. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr duplocale 3 , .Xr freelocale 3 , .Xr localeconv 3 , .Xr newlocale 3 , .Xr querylocale 3 , .Xr xlocale 3 .Sh STANDARDS This function conforms to .St -p1003.1-2008 .