detect(3) Library Functions Manual detect(3) detect, detect_r - #include short detect (char * inbuf, DetectObj ** outbuf); short detect_r (char * inbuf, size_t inlen, DetectObj ** outbuf); inbuf outbuf . detect API binary safe . detect_r API . API inbuf inlen outbuf inbuf . outbuf . typedef struct DetectObject { char * encoding; float confidence; short bom; } DetectObj; outbuf detect_obj_init api detect api . . CHARDET_SUCCESS CHARDET_NO_RESULT CHARDET_NULL_OBJECT outbuf chardet_obj_init api . CHARDET_OUT_OF_MEMORY API out of memory #include int main (void) { DetectObj *obj; if ( (obj = detect_obj_init ()) == NULL ) { fprintf (stderr, "Memory Allocation failed\n"); return CHARDET_MEM_ALLOCATED_FAIL; } //switch (detect ("", &obj)) switch (detect_r ("", 10, &obj)) { case CHARDET_OUT_OF_MEMORY : fprintf (stderr, "On handle processing, occured out of memory\n"); detect_obj_free (&obj); return CHARDET_OUT_OF_MEMORY; case CHARDET_NULL_OBJECT : fprintf (stderr, "2st argument of chardet() is must memory allocation " "with detect_obj_init API\n"); return CHARDET_NULL_OBJECT; } # obj-bom CHARDET_BOM_CHECK . printf ("encoding: %s, confidence: %f, exists bom: %d\n", obj->encoding, obj->confidence, obj->bom); detect_obj_free (&obj); return 0; } https://github.com/Joungkyun/libchardet/issues detect_handledata(3), detect_obj_init(3), detect_obj_free(3) libchardet manuals 2019-08-01 detect(3)