NAME

iconv.h — codeset conversion facility

SYNOPSIS

[XSI]
#include <iconv.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <iconv.h> header shall define the following type:

iconv_t

Identifies the conversion from one codeset to another.

The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.

iconv_t iconv_open(const char *, const char *);
size_t  iconv(iconv_t, char **restrict, size_t *restrict,
            char **restrict, size_t *restrict);
int     iconv_close(iconv_t);

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

The System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), iconv(3), iconv_close(3), iconv_open(3)

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4.

Issue 6

The restrict keyword is added to the prototype for iconv(3).

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