ICONV_CLOSE(3P)                                     POSIX Programmer's Manual                                    ICONV_CLOSE(3P)



PROLOG
       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (con-
       sult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface  may  not  be  implemented  on
       Linux.

NAME
       iconv_close - codeset conversion deallocation function

SYNOPSIS
       #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().

       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>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003  Edition,  Standard  for
       Information  Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard  is  the  referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained   online   at   http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                               ICONV_CLOSE(3P)