On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 17:03 +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 27 June 2011 16:39, eric <fsshl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear advanced c/g++ programers: > > after I copied and compiled last email's code > > I tested it, with your suggestion (put POSIX and C behind it), they > > run (generate locale), > > but > > all test failed to make output file with size > 0 > > so if you can plz help again, and thank a lot in advance, Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ ./a.out > > trying to access locale el_GR.utf8 > > Couldn't generate locale el_GR.utf8: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale > > name not valid > > Error when writing to file > > As shown by 'locale -a' you don't have the el_GR.utf8 locale > installed, so obviously this won't work. > > > eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ ls -l -a unicode.txt > > -rw-r--r-- 1 eric eric 0 2011-06-27 08:31 unicode.txt > > eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ ./a.out POSIX > > trying to access locale POSIX > > Generated locale C > > Error when writing to file > > eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ ./a.out C > > trying to access locale C > > Generated locale C > > Error when writing to file > > eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ ./a.out B > > trying to access locale B > > Couldn't generate locale B: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not > > valid > > Error when writing to file > > eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Did you ever answer the question of which OS you're using? > > Your gcc is using --enable-clocale=generic so doesn't support named > locales in the C++ library. > > You could try running your code with a different global locale, i.e. > > LANG=en_US.utf8 ./a.out ---------------------------------------------------------------- thanks your suggestion, here is the result of my test on your suggestion and what kind of I use ---- eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ LANG=en_US.utf8 ./a.out trying to access locale el_GR.utf8 Couldn't generate locale el_GR.utf8: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid Error when writing to file eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ uname -r 2.6.35-25-generic eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook$ (Ubuntu/linux 10.04 upgrade kernel to 2.6.35-25) I also modify from el_GR to en_US in en_US.utf8 then ./a.out (or LANG=en_US.utf8 ./a.out , same error) trying to access locale en_US.utf8 Couldn't generate locale en_US.utf8: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid Error when writing to file looking to see more suggestion, Eric(g++4.5.2) ---------
