ICONV_CLOSE

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-08-08
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NAME

iconv_close - deallocate descriptor for character set conversion

SYNOPSIS

#include <iconv.h>

int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);

DESCRIPTION

The iconv_close() function deallocates a conversion descriptor cd previously allocated using iconv_open(3).

RETURN VALUE

When successful, the iconv_close() function returns 0. In case of error, it sets errno and returns -1.

VERSIONS

This function is available in glibc since version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
iconv_close()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SUSv2.

COLOPHON

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