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.TH iconv_close 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
iconv_close \- deallocate descriptor for character set conversion
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ,\~ \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <iconv.h>
.P
.BI "int iconv_close(iconv_t " cd );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR iconv_close ()
function deallocates a conversion descriptor
.I cd
previously allocated using
.BR iconv_open (3).
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR iconv_close ()
returns 0;
otherwise,
it returns \-1 and sets
.I errno
to indicate the error.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR iconv_close ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
glibc 2.1.
POSIX.1-2001.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR iconv (3),
.BR iconv_open (3)