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ICONV(3)		   BSD Programmer's Manual		      ICONV(3)

NAME
     iconv_open, iconv_close, iconv - codeset conversion functions

SYNOPSIS
     #include <iconv.h>

     iconv_t
     iconv_open(const char *dstname, const char *srcname);

     int
     iconv_close(iconv_t cd);

     size_t
     iconv(iconv_t cd, char ** restrict src, size_t * restrict srcleft,
	     char ** restrict dst, size_t * restrict dstleft);

DESCRIPTION
     The iconv_open() function opens a converter from the codeset srcname to
     the codeset dstname and returns its descriptor.

     The iconv_close() function closes the specified converter cd.

     The iconv() function converts the string in the buffer *src of length
     *srcleft bytes and stores the converted string in the buffer *dst of size
     *dstleft bytes. After calling iconv(), the values pointed to by src,
     srcleft, dst, and dstleft are updated as follows:

     *src      Pointer to the byte just after the last character fetched.

     *srcleft  Number of remaining bytes in the source buffer.

     *dst      Pointer to the byte just after the last character stored.

     *dstleft  Number of remainder bytes in the destination buffer.

     If the string pointed to by *src contains a byte sequence which is not a
     valid character in the source codeset, the conversion stops just after
     the last successful conversion. If the output buffer is too small to
     store the converted character, the conversion also stops in the same way.
     In these cases, the values pointed to by src, srcleft, dst, and dstleft
     are updated to the state just after the last successful conversion.

     If the string pointed to by *src contains a character which is valid
     under the source codeset but can not be converted to the destination
     codeset, the character is replaced by an "invalid character" which
     depends on the destination codeset, e.g., '?', and the conversion is con-
     tinued. iconv() returns the number of such "invalid conversions".

     There are two special cases of iconv():

     src == NULL || *src == NULL
	   If the source and/or destination codesets are stateful, iconv()
	   places these into their initial state.

	   If both dst and *dst are non-NULL, iconv() stores the shift se-
	   quence for the destination switching to the initial state in the
	   buffer pointed to by *dst. The buffer size is specified by the
	   value pointed to by dstleft as above. iconv() will fail if the
	   buffer is too small to store the shift sequence.

	   On the other hand, dst or *dst may be NULL. In this case, the shift
	   sequence for the destination switching to the initial state is dis-
	   carded.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion of iconv_open(), it returns a conversion
     descriptor. Otherwise, iconv_open() returns (iconv_t)-1 and sets errno to
     indicate the error.

     Upon successful completion of iconv_close(), it returns 0. Otherwise,
     iconv_close() returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

     Upon successful completion of iconv(), it returns the number of "invalid"
     conversions. Otherwise, iconv() returns (size_t)-1 and sets errno to in-
     dicate the error.

ERRORS
     The iconv_open() function may cause an error in the following cases:

     [ENOMEM]	   Memory is exhausted.

     [EINVAL]	   There is no converter specified by srcname and dstname.

     The iconv_close() function may cause an error in the following case:

     [EBADF]	   The conversion descriptor specified by cd is invalid.

     The iconv() function may cause an error in the following cases:

     [EBADF]	   The conversion descriptor specified by cd is invalid.

     [EILSEQ]	   The string pointed to by *src contains a byte sequence
		   which does not describe a valid character of the source
		   codeset.

     [E2BIG]	   The output buffer pointed to by *dst is too small to store
		   the result string.

     [EINVAL]	   The string pointed to by *src terminates with an incomplete
		   character or shift sequence.

SEE ALSO
     iconv(1)

STANDARDS
     iconv_open(), iconv_close(), and iconv() conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
     ("POSIX").

HISTORY
     MirOS always had a port of GNU libiconv. Citrus libiconv was imported
     from NetBSD into MirOS #9.

BUGS
     If iconv() is aborted due to the occurrence of some error, the "invalid
     conversion" count mentioned above is unfortunately lost.

MirOS BSD #10-current	       November 1, 2006				     1
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