The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
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NAME

iconv_close - codeset conversion deallocation function

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] [Option Start] #include <iconv.h>

int iconv_close(iconv_t cd); [Option End]

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.

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(), iconv_open(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <iconv.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

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

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