iconv_close(3)

iconv_close3

Deallocate descriptor for character set conversion

Usage

#include <iconv.h>

int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

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.

Attributes

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
iconv_close()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Releases

14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 13 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. Arch

Standards

POSIX.1-2008.

History

glibc 2.1. POSIX.1-2001.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.