iconv.h(3HEAD) Headers iconv.h(3HEAD)NAME
iconv.h, iconv - codeset conversion facility
SYNOPSIS
#include <iconv.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <iconv.h> header defines the following type:
iconv_t Identifies the conversion from one codeset to another.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO iconv(3C), iconv_close(3C), iconv_open(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 iconv.h(3HEAD)
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NAME
iconv.h - codeset conversion facility
SYNOPSIS
#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, iconv(), iconv_close(), iconv_open()
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE
and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained
online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE /The Open Group 2003 <iconv.h>(P)
I want to use iconv.h to convert some text to another charset.
The code is below:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iconv.h>
int main()
{
iconv_t cd;
char instr="汉字";
char *inbuf;
char *outbuf;
unsigned int insize=7;
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Here is my question,
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Its basically very simple operation that am trying to do and I had achieved the output that am interested. What am looking for really is to improve the performance, an optimized way to do that.
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hi
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i want to know what initial setting in linux machine we need to do to get desired output
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and full... (5 Replies)
hey,
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Its almost done but with each converted character i am getting one extra character which must not come.
my sample Russian text is
test.txt
А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К ~
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Hi everyone,
I want to cross-compile libiconv for uclinux to create a static library. I use the following command :
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Hi ,
I am using iconv command to convert a file in UTF-16 format to UTF-8 format. This command will work for few files but for some showing an error as bad input character.
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Hi Friends,
I am not able to conver character set from UTF-8 to IBM-284 throwing an error "cannot open convertor" . Could you please help me how to get out of this error.
Below command is working fine
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Hi All,
I am using iconv to convert huge files. the process is getting killed. I tried the option in below link
https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/258825-iconv-large-files.html
i.e
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Hey guys,
I have a little problem,
Let's say I create this script :
#!/bin/sh
nfo_file="/home/admin/info.nfo"
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cat /home/admin/info.nfo
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Hi all,
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