ftlang

Note on usage

Function: Change default language setting

User group: FT administrator

This command is only available on Unix systems.

Functional description

The default language for openFT is determined by evaluating the LANG environment variable during installation (Linux, Solaris, AIX) or, in HP-UX, is set to English by default.

You can switch languages later on using the shell procedure /opt/openFT/bin/ftbin/ftlang.For more details see the manual "openFT (Unix and Windows systems) - Installation and Operation".

Format

ftlang [ -h |

-i |
de |
en ]

Description

-h

Displays the command syntax on the screen. Entries after the -h are ignored.

-i

you can use this switch to query the currently set language variant.

de

openFT is switched to German as the default.

en

openFT is switched to English as the default.

In both cases, the necessary message files, the fthelp procedure, the man pages (Solaris, AIX and HP-UX) and the openFT Explorer including the help texts for the selected language are activated.

Example

1. Check which language is selected:

   /opt/openFT/bin/ftbin/ftlang -i

   en

2. The default language setting is switched from German to English:

   /opt/openFT/bin/ftbin/ftlang en