NAME

iconv.h — codeset conversion facility

SYNOPSIS

#include <iconv.h>

DESCRIPTION

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

iconv_t

Identifies the conversion from one codeset to another.

size_t

As described in <sys/types.h> .

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

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

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

<sys/types.h>

XSH 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).

Issue 7

SD5-XBD-ERN-56 is applied, adding a reference to <sys/types.h> for the size_t type.

The <iconv.h> header is moved from the XSI option to the Base.

End of informative text.