The locales file (locales.dat) provides platform-specific locale information in a Sybase proprietary format. This file associates locale names with languages, character sets and collating sequences.
The locales file directs Open Client/Server applications to localization information, but it does not contain actual localized messages or character set information. Open Client/Server applications use the locales file when determining what localization information to load.
For more information about the locales file, see Chapter 5, “Editing the Locales File.”
