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

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

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.

SEE ALSO

       iconv(3), iconv_open(3)

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