iconv_close - Man Page

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.

Versions

This function is available since glibc 2.1.

Attributes

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
iconv_close()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

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

See Also

iconv(3), iconv_open(3)

Referenced By

iconv(3), iconv_open(3).

2022-12-15 Linux man-pages 6.03