Got it -- in my user, but not root account. > I've been looking & looking for how to set my locale properly. > This is the output of local: > # locale > LANG=C > LC_CTYPE="C" > LC_NUMERIC="C" > LC_TIME="C" > LC_COLLATE="C" > LC_MONETARY="C" > LC_MESSAGES="C" > LC_PAPER="C" > LC_NAME="C" > LC_ADDRESS="C" > LC_TELEPHONE="C" > LC_MEASUREMENT="C" > LC_IDENTIFICATION="C" > LC_ALL= $ locale LANG=en_GB LC_CTYPE="en_GB" LC_NUMERIC="en_GB" LC_TIME="en_GB" LC_COLLATE="en_GB" LC_MONETARY="en_GB" LC_MESSAGES="en_GB" LC_PAPER="en_GB" LC_NAME="en_GB" LC_ADDRESS="en_GB" LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB" LC_ALL= Duh. It's all in the .bashrc. Once I'd created a .bashrc in root & added export LANG=en_GB, all was well...with local. Now, just gotta figure out a few other things. > Also, Godwin, you'd once told me how to collate ls -al with > dot files at the top. I found that in the LA archive, but > after I'd entered the export LANG=en_GB in .bashrc, my sort's > all wacky. This one's still beyond me. I think it was actually on the Linux@Yahoo list, but I couldn't find it in the archives. -- Anybody with money to burn will easily find someone to tend the fire. To unsubcribe send e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the body to: Linux-Anyway-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=unsubscribe