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.

SEE ALSO

       iconv(3), iconv_open(3)

COLOPHON

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