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37.Dd October 20, 2009
38.Dt __ICONV_GET_LIST 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm __iconv_get_list ,
42.Nm __iconv_free_list
43.Nd retrieving a list of character encodings supported by
44.Xr iconv 3
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libc
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In iconv.h
49.Ft int
50.Fn __iconv_get_list "char ***names" "size_t count" "bool paired"
51.Ft void
52.Fn __iconv_free_list "char **names" "size_t count"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Fn __iconv_get_list
56function obtains a list of character encodings that are supported by the
57.Xr iconv 3
58call.
59The list of the encoding names will be stored in
60.Fa names
61and the number of the entries is stored in
62.Fa count .
63If the
64.Fa paired
65variable is true, the list will be arranged into
66canonical/alias name pairs.
67.Pp
68The
69.Fn __iconv_free_list
70function is to free the allocated memory during the call of
71.Fn __iconv_get_list .
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73Upon successful completion
74.Fn __iconv_get_list
75returns 0 and set the
76.Fa names
77and
78.Fa count
79arguments.
80Otherwise, \-1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr iconv 3 ,
83.Xr iconvlist 3
84.Sh STANDARDS
85The
86.Nm __iconv_get_list
87and
88.Nm __iconv_free_list
89functions are non-standard interfaces, which appeared in
90the implementation of the Citrus Project.
91The iconv implementation of the Citrus Project was adopted in
92.Fx 9.0 .
93.Sh AUTHORS
94This manual page was written by
95.An Gabor Kovesdan Aq Mt gabor@FreeBSD.org .
96