NAME

iconv_close — codeset conversion deallocation function

SYNOPSIS

[XSI]
#include <iconv.h>

int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);

DESCRIPTION

The iconv_close () function shall deallocate the conversion descriptor cd and all other associated resources allocated by iconv_open(3).

If a file descriptor is used to implement the type iconv_t, that file descriptor shall be closed.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The iconv_close () function may fail if:

[EBADF]

The conversion descriptor is invalid.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

iconv(3), iconv_open(3), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”), <iconv.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4. Derived from the HP-UX Manual.

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