iconv_close(3C)                                      iconv_close(3C)


       NAME
             iconv_close - code conversion deallocation function

       SYNOPSIS
             #include <iconv.h>
             int iconv_close(iconv_t cd);

       DESCRIPTION
             iconv_close deallocates the conversion descriptor cd, and all
             data contained within it.  If a file descriptor or similar
             facility is used within the descriptor, it is closed and
             deallocated.

          Return Values
             If iconv_close encounters no errors, it returns zero.
             Otherwise -1 is returned, and errno is set.

          Errors
            EBADF  cd may be an invalid conversion descriptor.

       REFERENCES
             iconv(3C), iconv_open(3C), iconvh(5)


























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