PROLOG

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of
       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       iconv_close — codeset conversion deallocation function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <iconv.h>

       int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);

DESCRIPTION

       The  iconv_close()  function  shall  deallocate the conversion descriptor cd and all other
       associated resources allocated by iconv_open().

       If a file descriptor is used to implement the type iconv_t, that file descriptor shall  be
       closed.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned; otherwise, −1 shall be returned and errno
       set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The iconv_close() function may fail if:

       EBADF  The conversion descriptor is invalid.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       iconv(), iconv_open()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <iconv.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
       Institute  of  Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event  of  any
       discrepancy  between  this  version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
       original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The  original  Standard
       can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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