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iconv_close(3)

deallocate descriptor for character set conversion

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Synopsis

#include <iconv.h>
int iconv_close(iconv_t 
cd
);

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NAME

iconv_close - deallocate descriptor for character set conversion

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

bash

#include <iconv.h>

bash

int iconv_close(iconv_t \ncd\n);

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

On success, iconv_close() returns 0; otherwise, it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

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

Interface	Attribute	Value
iconv_close ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

POSIX.1-2008.

glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.