#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <iconv.h>

int main(void)
{
//	const char *src_encoding = "iso-8859-1";
//	const char *dst_encoding = "UTF-8";
//	const char *src = "hallö";
	const char *src_encoding = "CP1255";
	const char *dst_encoding = "UTF-8";
	const char *src = "\xF9._\xF9\xF4\xF8\xE4";
	iconv_t cd;
	int ret = 1;

	cd = iconv_open(dst_encoding, src_encoding);

	if (cd != (iconv_t)-1) {
		char *tmp = (char *) src; // iconv won't change where src points to, but changes tmp itself
		size_t tmp_len = strlen(src);
		size_t dst_len = tmp_len * 6, dst_len_tmp = dst_len;
		char *dst = malloc(dst_len + 1), *dst_tmp = dst;

		if (iconv(cd, &tmp, &tmp_len, &dst_tmp, &dst_len_tmp) != (size_t)-1) {
			printf("inbytesleft=%zd outbytesleft=%zd\n", tmp_len, dst_len_tmp);
			printf("converted '%s' (%s) -> '%.*s' (%s)\n", src, src_encoding, (int) (dst_len - dst_len_tmp), dst, dst_encoding);

			/* kick out a possible 'shift sequence', else we may lose a last character stuck in cd */
			if (iconv(cd, NULL, NULL, &dst_tmp, &dst_len_tmp) != (size_t)-1) {
				printf("inbytesleft=%zd outbytesleft=%zd\n", tmp_len, dst_len_tmp);
				printf("converted '%s' (%s) -> '%.*s' (%s)\n", src, src_encoding, (int) (dst_len - dst_len_tmp), dst, dst_encoding);
			}
			ret = 0;
		} else
			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to convert '%s' string into '%s' (%d)\n", src_encoding, dst_encoding, errno);

		free(dst);
		iconv_close(cd);
	} else
		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to prepare encoding '%s' into '%s' (%d)\n", src_encoding, dst_encoding, errno);

	return ret;
}