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- .so man.macros
- .HS close tcl
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- .SH NAME
- close \- Close an open file
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBclose \fIfileId\fR
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- Closes the file given by \fIfileId\fR.
- \fIFileId\fR must be the return value from a previous invocation
- of the \fBopen\fR command; after this command, it should not be
- used anymore.
- If \fIfileId\fR refers to a command pipeline instead of a file,
- then \fBclose\fR waits for the children to complete.
- The normal result of this command is an empty string, but errors
- are returned if there are problems in closing the file or waiting
- for children to complete.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- close, file
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