Definition of the POSIX C Locale

The POSIX definition of the C locale is described below, with the IBM extensions LC_SYNTAX and LC_TOD showing their default values.

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LC_CTYPE
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# "alpha" is by default "upper" and "lower"
# "alnum" is by definition "alpha" and "digit"
# "print" is by default "alnum", "punct" and <space> character
# "graph" is by default "alnum" and "punct"
upper   <A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;<G>;<H>;<I>;<J>;<K>;<L>;<M>;\
        <N>;<O>;<P>;<Q>;<R>;<S>;<T>;<U>;<V>;<W>;<X>;<Y>;<Z>
lower   <a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>;<g>;<h>;<i>;<j>;<k>;<l>;<m>;\
        <n>;<o>;<p>;<q>;<r>;<s>;<t>;<u>;<v>;<w>;<x>;<y>;<z>
digit   <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;\
        <five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;<nine>
space   <tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;<form-feed>;\
        <carriage-return>;<space>
cntrl   <alert>;<backspace>;<tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;\
        <form-feed>;<carriage-return>;\
        <NUL>;<SOH>;<STX>;<ETX>;<EOT>;<ENQ>;<ACK>;<SO>;\
        <SI>;<DLE>;<DC1>;<DC2>;<DC3>;<DC4>;<NAK>;<SYN>;\
        <ETB>;<CAN>;<EM>;<SUB>;<ESC>;<IS4>;<IS3>;<IS2>;\
        <IS1>;<DEL>
punct   <exclamation-mark>;<quotation-mark>;<number-sign>;\
        <dollar-sign>;<percent-sign>;<ampersand>;<apostrophe>;\
        <left-parenthesis>;<right-parenthesis>;<asterisk>;\
        <plus-sign>;<comma>;<hyphen>;<period>;<slash>;\
        <colon>;<semicolon>;<less-than-sign>;<equals-sign>;\
        <greater-than-sign>;<question-mark>;<commercial-at>;\
        <left-square-bracket>;<backslash>;<right-square-bracket>;\
        <circumflex>;<underscore>;<grave-accent>;\
        <left-curly-bracket>;<vertical-line>;<right-curly-bracket>;<tilde>
xdigit  <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;\
        <five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;<nine>;\
        <A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;\
        <a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>
blank   <space>;\
        <tab>
toupper (<a>,<A>);(<b>,<B>);(<c>,<C>);(<d>,<D>);(<e>,<E>);\
        (<f>,<F>);(<g>,<G>);(<h>,<H>);(<i>,<I>);(<j>,<J>);\
        (<k>,<K>);(<l>,<L>);(<m>,<M>);(<n>,<N>);(<o>,<O>);\
        (<p>,<P>);(<q>,<Q>);(<r>,<R>);(<s>,<S>);(<t>,<T>);\
        (<u>,<U>);(<v>,<V>);(<w>,<W>);(<x>,<X>);(<y>,<Y>);\
        (<z>,<Z>)
tolower (<A>,<a>);(<B>,<b>);(<C>,<c>);(<D>,<d>);(<E>,<e>);\
        (<F>,<f>);(<G>,<g>);(<H>,<h>);(<I>,<i>);(<J>,<j>);\
        (<K>,<k>);(<L>,<l>);(<M>,<m>);(<N>,<n>);(<O>,<o>);\
        (<P>,<p>);(<Q>,<q>);(<R>,<r>);(<S>,<s>);(<T>,<t>);\
        (<U>,<u>);(<V>,<v>);(<W>,<w>);(<X>,<x>);(<Y>,<y>);\
        (<Z>,<z>)
END LC_CTYPE
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LC_COLLATE
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order_start
# ASCII Control characters
<NUL>
<SOH>
<STX>
<ETX>
<EOT>
<ENQ>
<ACK>
<alert>
<backspace>
<tab>
<newline>
<vertical-tab>
<form-feed>
<carriage-return>
<SO>
<SI>
<DLE>
<DC1>
<DC2>
<DC3>
<DC4>
<NAK>
<SYN>
<ETB>
<CAN>
<EM>
<SUB>
<ESC>
<IS4>
<IS3>
<IS2>
<IS1>
<space>
<exclamation-mark>
<quotation-mark>
<number-sign>
<dollar-sign>
<percent-sign>
<ampersand>
<apostrophe>
<left-parenthesis>
<right-parenthesis>
<asterisk>
<plus-sign>
<comma>
<hyphen>
<period>
<slash>
<zero>
<one>
<two>
<three>
<four>
<five>
<six>
<seven>
<eight>
<nine>
<colon>
<semicolon>
<less-than-sign>
<equals-sign>
<greater-than-sign>
<question-mark>
<commercial-at>
<A>
<B>
<C>
<D>
<E>
<F>
<G>
<H>
<I>
<J>
<K>
<L>
<M>
<N>
<O>
<P>
<Q>
<R>
<S>
<T>
<U>
<V>
<W>
<X>
<Y>
<Z>
<left-square-bracket>
<backslash>
<right-square-bracket>
<circumflex>
<underscore>
<grave-accent>
<a>
<b>
<c>
<d>
<e>
<f>
<g>
<h>
<i>
<j>
<k>
<l>
<m>
<n>
<o>
<p>
<q>
<r>
<s>
<t>
<u>
<v>
<w>
<x>
<y>
<z>
<left-curly-bracket>
<vertical-line>
<right-curly-bracket>
<tilde>
<DEL>
order_end
END LC_COLLATE
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LC_MONETARY
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int_curr_symbol   ""
currency_symbol   ""
mon_decimal_point ""
mon_thousands_sep ""
mon_grouping      ""
positive_sign     ""
negative_sign     ""
int_frac_digits   -1
frac_digits       -1
p_cs_precedes     -1
p_sep_by_space    -1
n_cs_precedes     -1
n_sep_by_space    -1
p_sign_posn       -1
n_sign_posn       -1
END LC_MONETARY
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LC_NUMERIC
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decimal_point     "<period>"
thousands_sep     ""
grouping          ""
END LC_NUMERIC
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LC_TIME
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abday   "<S><u><n>";\
        "<M><o><n>";\
        "<T><u><e>";\
        "<W><e><d>";\
        "<T><h><u>";\
        "<F><r><i>";\
        "<S><a><t>"
day     "<S><u><n><d><a><y>";\
        "<M><o><n><d><a><y>";\
        "<T><u><e><s><d><a><y>";\
        "<W><e><d><n><e><s><d><a><y>";\
        "<T><h><u><r><s><d><a><y>";\
        "<F><r><i><d><a><y>";\
        "<S><a><t><u><r><d><a><y>"
abmon   "<J><a><n>";\
        "<F><e><b>";\
        "<M><a><r>";\
        "<A><p><r>";\
        "<M><a><y>";\
        "<J><u><n>";\
        "<J><u><l>";\
        "<A><u><g>";\
        "<S><e><p>";\
        "<O><c><t>";\
        "<N><o><v>";\
        "<D><e><c>"
mon     "<J><a><n><u><a><r><y>";\
        "<F><e><b><r><u><a><r><y>";\
        "<M><a><r><c><h>";\
        "<A><p><r><i><l>";\
        "<M><a><y>";\
        "<J><u><n><e>";\
        "<J><u><l><y>";\
        "<A><u><g><u><s><t>";\
        "<S><e><p><t><e><m><b><e><r>";\
        "<O><c><t><o><b><e><r>";\
        "<N><o><v><e><m><b><e><r>";\
        "<D><e><c><e><m><b><e><r>"
# equivalent of AM/PM (%p)
am_pm      "<A><M>";"<P><M>"
# appropriate date and time representation (%c) "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y"
d_t_fmt    "<percent-sign><a><space><percent-sign><b><space><percent-sign><e>\
<space><percent-sign><H><colon><percent-sign><M>\
<colon><percent-sign><S><space><percent-sign><Y>"
# appropriate date representation (%x) "%m/%d/%y"
d_fmt      "<percent-sign><m><slash><percent-sign><d><slash><percent-sign><y>"
# appropriate time representation (%X) "%H:%M:%S"
t_fmt      "<percent-sign><M><colon><percent-sign><M><colon><percent-sign><S>"
# appropriate 12-hour time representation (%r) "%I:%M:%S %p"
t_fmt_ampm "<percent-sign><I><colon><percent-sign><M><colon><percent-sign><S>\
<space><percent-sign><p>"
END LC_TIME
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LC_MESSAGES
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yesexpr "<circumflex><left-square-bracket><y><Y><right-square-bracket>"
noexpr  "<circumflex><left-square-bracket><n><N><right-square-bracket>"
END LC_MESSAGES
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LC_SYNTAX
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backslash     "<backslash>"
right_brace   "<right-brace>"
left_brace    "<left-brace>"
right_bracket "<right-square-bracket>"
left_bracket  "<left-square-bracket>"
circumflex    "<circumflex>"
tilde         "<tilde>"
exclamation_mark "<exclamation-mark>"
number_sign   "<number-sign>"
vertical_line "<vertical-line>"
dollar_sign   "<dollar-sign>"
commercial_at "<commercial-at>"
grave_accent  "<grave-accent>"
END LC-SYNTAX
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LC_TOD
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timezone_difference  0
timezone_name        ""
daylight_name        ""
start_month          0
end_month            0
start_week           0
end_week             0
start_day            0
end_day              0
start_time           0
end_time             0
shift                0
END LC_TOD


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