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close() Close File
#include <io.h> Required for declarations only
int close(handle);
int handle; Handle referring to open file
close() closes the file associated with a file handle, 'handle'
obtained with a previous _creat(), creat(), creatnew(), creattemp(),
dup(), dup2(), _open() or open() call. If the file is a text file,
close() does not add a Control-Z character to the end of the file.
Returns: 0 if successful. If an invalid file handle was given, -1
is returned and 'errno' is set to EBADF (bad file
number).
-------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
This example opens a file for reading and writing, then closes it.
#include <io.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
int fhndl;
main()
{
fhndl = open("data",O_RDWR);
.
.
.
close(fhndl);
}
See Also:
creat()
dup()
dup2()
open()
unlink()
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