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iconv_close(3) Library Functions Manualiconv_close(3)iconv_close - deallocate descriptor for character set conversion
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <iconv.h>int iconv_close(iconv_tcd);
Theiconv_close() function deallocates a conversion descriptorcd previously allocated usingiconv_open(3).
On success,iconv_close() returns 0; otherwise, it returns -1 and setserrno to indicate the error.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │iconv_close() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2008.
glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.
iconv(3),iconv_open(3)
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