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Application Usage
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for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
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IEEE/The Open Group 2017 ICONV_CLOSE(3POSIX)
Description
The iconv_close() function shall deallocate the conversion descriptor cd and all other associated
resources allocated by iconv_open().
If a file descriptor is used to implement the type iconv_t, that file descriptor shall be closed.
Errors
The iconv_close() function may fail if:
EBADF The conversion descriptor is invalid.
Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.Examples
None.
Future Directions
None.
Name
iconv_close — codeset conversion deallocation function
Prolog
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface
may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface
may not be implemented on Linux.
Rationale
None.
Return Value
Upon successful completion, 0 shall be returned; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to
indicate the error.
See Also
iconv(), iconv_open()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <iconv.h>Synopsis
#include <iconv.h>
int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);
