NAME

iconv_close - deallocate descriptor for character set conversion

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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.

ATTRIBUTES

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

Interface Attribute Value

iconv_close()

Thread safety MT-Safe

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

iconv(3), iconv_open(3)