A set of file utility binaries for Linux that have been modified to support locale functions. This package includes a Chinese catalog and displays over two thirds of the textual messages in Chinese GB format. Thanks go to Herbert Xu (herbert@greathan.apana.org.au) for translating the English catalog into Chinese. The following binaries are included in this package: chgrp chown chmod cp dd du ginstall ln dir vdir ls mkdir mkfifo mknod mv rm rmdir touch df To install the package, you must be root. Move the package to the root partition: mv fileutils-3.9-bin-chinese.tar.gz / To unpack the contents, type: zcat fileutils-3.9-bin-chinese.tar.gz | tar xvf - The binaries will then be installed in the appropriate places as will the Chinese catalog. You can try out these binaries before replacing your existing file utility binaries by simply unpacking them in an unused directory. They will unpack into: ./bin ./usr/bin ./etc/locale/C You will need to establish the Chinese catalog directory for these binaries to access the Chinese messages. To set the locale catalog dir: In csh: (tcsh) % setenv NLSPATH `pwd`/etc/locale/C/%N.cat In sh: (bash) % export NLSPATH=`pwd`/etc/locale/C/%N.cat Typing: ./bin/mkdir will now access the localized mkdir binary with Chinese messages. Similarly for the other included binaries. Note: these binaries have been dynamically linked against libc.so.4.5.26 They may not work with earlier versions of this library. If you have any bugs to report, please email me with as much info as you can provide. Patrick D'Cruze pdcruze@orac.iinet.com.au