FCLOSE(3S)                           BSD                            FCLOSE(3S)



NAME
     fclose, fflush - close or flush a stream

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>

     fclose(stream)
     FILE *stream;

     fflush(stream)
     FILE *stream;

DESCRIPTION
     fclose causes any buffers for the named stream to be emptied and the file
     to be closed.  Buffers allocated by the standard input/output system are
     freed.

     fclose is performed automatically upon calling exit(3).

     fflush causes any buffered data for the named output stream to be written
     to that file.  The stream remains open.

SEE ALSO
     close(2), fopen(3S), setbuf(3S)

DIAGNOSTICS
     These routines return EOF if stream is not associated with an output
     file, or if buffered data cannot be transferred to that file.