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 since glibc 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)

2022-12-15 Linux man-pages 6.02

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