Hi Denys ! >What are the chances that someone doesn't set $LANG, $LC_ALL, >but does set $LC_CTYPE? That's me ... I set all LC_ constants except LC_ALL. I need to set them separate as LC_ALL overwrite all and I only want German Locale (Numbers, style, etc.) but English text. Checking only for LC_ALL without checking for LC_CTYPE will break all my setups. Harald