Hi Valdis,
> > There is no standard of which I'm aware for finding out the local
> > character set.
>
> Look at the $LANG environment variable, that's probably a good start
> on most systems. The various LC_ environment variables if you want to
> do more localization work.
LANG should only be used if the LC_* ones you need are absent.
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap08.html#tag_08_02
Cheers,
Ralph.
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