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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). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ iconv_close()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

POSIX.1-2008.

History

glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.

See Also

  1. iconv(3),
  2. iconv_open(3)