close

Syntax

#include <unistd.h>

int close(int fd);

Description

The open file associated with fd is closed.

Return Value

Zero if the file was closed, nonzero if fd was invalid or already closed.

Portability

not ANSI, POSIX

Example

int fd = open("data", O_RDONLY);
close(fd);

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