kiconv(3) [freebsd man page]

KICONV(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						 KICONV(3)

NAME

     kiconv_add_xlat16_cspair, kiconv_add_xlat16_cspairs, kiconv_add_xlat16_table -- kernel side iconv library

LIBRARY

     Kernel side iconv library (libkiconv, -lkiconv)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/iconv.h>

     int
     kiconv_add_xlat16_cspair(const char *tocode, const char *fromcode, int flag);

     int
     kiconv_add_xlat16_cspairs(const char *foreigncode, const char *localcode);

     int
     kiconv_add_xlat16_table(const char *tocode, const char *fromcode, const void *data, int datalen);

DESCRIPTION

     The kiconv library provides multi-byte character conversion tables for kernel side iconv service.

     The kiconv_add_xlat16_cspair() function defines a conversion table using iconv(3) between fromcode charset and tocode charset.  You can spec-
     ify flag to determine if tolower(3) / toupper(3) conversion is included in the table.  The flag has following values.

     KICONV_LOWER
     KICONV_FROM_LOWER	It generates a tolower table in addition to a character conversion table.  The difference between two is tolower tocode or
			tolower fromcode.
     KICONV_UPPER
     KICONV_FROM_UPPER	It generates a toupper table in addition to a character conversion table.  The difference between two is toupper tocode or
			toupper fromcode.

     A tolower/toupper conversion is limited to single-byte characters.

     The kiconv_add_xlat16_cspairs() function defines two conversion tables which are from localcode to foreigncode and from foreigncode to
     localcode.  These conversion tables also contain both tolower and toupper tables.

     The kiconv_add_xlat16_table() function defines a conversion table directly pointed by data whose length is datalen, not using iconv(3).

SEE ALSO

     iconv(3), tolower(3), toupper(3)

BSD
								   July 17, 2003							       BSD

iconv_open(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					    iconv_open(3C)

NAME

       iconv_open - code conversion allocation function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <iconv.h>

       iconv_t iconv_open(const char *tocode, const char *fromcode);

DESCRIPTION

       The  iconv_open()  function returns a conversion descriptor that describes a conversion from the codeset specified by the string pointed to
       by the fromcode argument to the codeset specified by the string pointed to by the tocode argument. For state-dependent encodings, the  con-
       version descriptor will be in  a codeset-dependent initial shift state, ready for immediate use with the  iconv(3C) function.

       Settings of fromcode and tocode and their permitted combinations are implementation-dependent.

       The  iconv_open()  function supports the alias of the encoding name specified in tocode and fromcode.  The alias table of the encoding name
       is described in the file /usr/lib/iconv/alias. See alias(4).

       A conversion descriptor remains valid in a process until that process closes it.

       For examples using the  iconv_open() function, see iconv(3C).

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion  iconv_open() returns a conversion descriptor for use on subsequent calls to	iconv().  Otherwise,  iconv_open()
       returns (iconv_t) -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The  iconv_open function may fail if:

       EMFILE	       {OPEN_MAX} files descriptors are currently open in the calling process.

       ENFILE	       Too many files are currently open in the system.

       ENOMEM	       Insufficient storage space is available.

       EINVAL	       The conversion specified by fromcode and tocode is not supported by the implementation.

FILES

       /usr/lib/iconv/alias    alias table file of the encoding name

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       exec(2), iconv(3C), iconv_close(3C), malloc(3C), alias(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The iconv_open() function uses malloc(3C) to allocate space for internal buffer areas. iconv_open() may fail if there is insufficient stor-
       age space to accommodate these buffers.

       Portable applications must assume that conversion descriptors are not valid after a call to one of the exec functions (see exec(2)).

SunOS 5.10							    2 Oct 2001							    iconv_open(3C)