iconv_close(3) Library Functions Manual iconv_close(3)
NAME
iconv_close - deallocate descriptor for character set conversion
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <iconv.h>
int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);
DESCRIPTION
The iconv_close() function deallocates a conversion descriptor cd previ-
ously allocated using iconv_open(3).
RETURN VALUE
On success, iconv_close() returns 0; otherwise, it returns -1 and sets
errno to indicate the error.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ iconv_close() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
iconv(3), iconv_open(3)
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