NAME

       duplocale - duplicate a locale object

SYNOPSIS

       #include <locale.h>

       locale_t duplocale(locale_t locobj);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       duplocale():
           Since glibc 2.10:
               _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700
           Before glibc 2.10:
               _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       The duplocale() function creates a duplicate of the locale object referred to by locobj.

       If  locobj  is  LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE, duplocale() creates a locale object containing a copy of
       the global locale determined by setlocale(3).

RETURN VALUE

       On success, duplocale() returns a handle for the new locale object.  On error, it  returns
       (locale_t) 0, and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to create the duplicate locale object.

VERSIONS

       The duplocale() function first appeared in version 2.3 of the GNU C library.

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES

       Duplicating a locale can serve the following purposes:

       *  To  create a copy of a locale object in which one of more categories are to be modified
          (using newlocale(3)).

       *  To obtain a handle for the current locale which can used in other functions that employ
          a  locale  handle,  such  as toupper_l(3).  This is done by applying duplocale() to the
          value returned by the following call:

              loc = uselocale((locale_t) 0);

          This technique is necessary, because the above uselocale(3) call may return  the  value
          LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE,  which  results  in undefined behavior if passed to functions such as
          toupper_l(3).  Calling duplocale() can be used  to  ensure  that  the  LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE
          value is converted into a usable locale object.  See EXAMPLES, below.

       Each locale object created by duplocale() should be deallocated using freelocale(3).

EXAMPLES

       The  program  below  uses  uselocale(3) and duplocale() to obtain a handle for the current
       locale which is then passed to 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:

           $ ./a.out abc
           ABC

   Program source

       #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 700
       #include <ctype.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <locale.h>

       #define errExit(msg)    do { perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); \
                               } while (0)

       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           locale_t loc, nloc;

           if (argc != 2) {
               fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s string\n", argv[0]);
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }

           /* This sequence is necessary, because uselocale() might return
              the value LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE, which can'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("\n");

           freelocale(nloc);

           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
       }

SEE ALSO

       freelocale(3), newlocale(3), setlocale(3), uselocale(3), locale(5), locale(7)

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