ICONV_CLOSE(3POSIX)

📦 version 2017a, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 ICONV_CLOSE(3POSIX) 💖

okay bestie, we're in the POSIX Programmer's Manual today, and this little page is about saying goodbye to a codeset converter. it's giving "cleanup era." ✨

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

so like, this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. but heads up bestie — the Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or honestly the interface may just not be implemented on Linux at all. 💀

👑 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(). like, everything that iconv_open() set up? gone. released. freed. the whole vibe. 🦋

and if a file descriptor is used to implement the type iconv_t, that file descriptor shall be closed. yes, closed 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. (it's giving "who even are you" energy 🙈)

the following sections are informative.

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

None. (yeah, nothing. iconic of them honestly.)

🌈 APPLICATION USAGE 🌈

None. (also nothing. they said "figure it out bestie." 💜)

🧚 RATIONALE 🧚

None. (ngl they really gave us the bare minimum here and i respect it.)

⭐ FUTURE DIRECTIONS ⭐

None.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • iconv()
  • iconv_open()

and also the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <iconv.h> 🎀

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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okay that's the whole page bestie, no cap 💖 huge shoutout to IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 for bringing us ICONV_CLOSE(3POSIX) — go close those descriptors, you main character 👑✨

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