+#if defined HAVE_ICONV_OPEN && defined HAVE_ICONV_H
+iconv_t ic_chck = (iconv_t)-1;
+
+static char *default_charset(void)
+{
+#if defined HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H && defined HAVE_LOCALE_CHARSET
+ return locale_charset();
+#elif defined HAVE_LANGINFO_H && defined HAVE_NL_LANGINFO
+ return nl_langinfo(CODESET);
+#else
+ return ""; /* Works with (at the very least) gnu iconv... */
+#endif
+}
+
+void setup_iconv()
+{
+ char *defset = default_charset();
+
+ if (!am_server
+ && (ic_chck = iconv_open(defset, defset)) == (iconv_t)-1) {
+ rprintf(FERROR, "iconv_open(\"%s\", \"%s\") failed\n",
+ defset, defset);
+ exit_cleanup(RERR_UNSUPPORTED);
+ }
+}
+#endif