iconv.h(7POSIX)

🌈 iconv.h — the codeset conversion glow-up ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the iconv.h(7POSIX) page from the POSIX Programmer's Manual 💖. That's the manual name, that's the vibe, we're moving on.

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🚨 PROLOG 🚨

ngl this next part is important so listen up: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ — like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the actual Linux behavior, no cap. Or... the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all 💀. So don't come for me if it's not there, okay?

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✨ NAME ✨

iconv.h — it's giving codeset conversion facility 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <iconv.h>

that's it, that's the whole synopsis, she's simple, she's iconic 👑

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the <iconv.h> header shall define these types, periodt:

• iconv_t — identifies the conversion from one codeset to another. it's literally the little handle that says "yeah I'm converting from this to that" 🔥
• size_t — as described in <sys/types.h>. go read that one, bestie, it's a whole thing 🌸

and then! the following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros. Function prototypes shall be provided. no skipping this part, it's the main character energy right here:

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. that's a thing the standard says, not me being shady.

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🙈 APPLICATION USAGE 🙈

None. that's it. nothing. empty. a void. she said nothing and meant it 💀

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🧚 RATIONALE 🧚

None. again!! nothing!! the silence is deafening 🫶

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🔮 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🔮

None. bestie the future is blank, we're living in the present, slay ✨

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• <sys_types.h>
• The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1‐2017, iconv(), iconv_close(), iconv_open()

go read those, they're the extended universe iykyk 💜

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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 .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💖 big love to IEEE/The Open Group, copyright 2017, and this was iconv.h(7POSIX) — catch you in the next man page, bestie 🎀🦋⭐