[root@cooker root]# ll /proc/17184/fd ����� 0 ^^^^^ (Russian text, expected English) [root@cooker root]# env |grep LC_ LC_MESSAGES=en_US LC_TIME=en_US LC_NUMERIC=ru_RU.KOI8-R LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R LC_MONETARY=ru_RU.KOI8-R LC_COLLATE=ru_RU.KOI8-R I was under impression that LC_MESSAGES is used to determine messages language. Yes, LANG is tu but it is the last to check, LC_* *MUST* override it. -andrej
