ICONV_CLOSE(3) Library Functions Manual ICONV_CLOSE(3)

iconv_close - deallocate descriptor for character set conversion

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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

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.

This function is available in glibc since version 2.1.

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

Interface Attribute Value
iconv_close () Thread safety MT-Safe

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SUSv2.

iconv(3), iconv_open(3)

2022-10-09 Linux man-pages 6.01

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