CLOSE(S)                 XENIX System V                  CLOSE(S)



     Name
          close - Closes a file descriptor.

     Syntax
          int close (fildes)
          int fildes;

     Description
          fildes is a file descriptor obtained from a creat, open,
          dup, fcntl, or pipe system call.  close closes the file
          descriptor indicated by fildes.  All outstanding record
          locks on the file indicated by fildes that are owned by the
          calling process are removed.

          close will fail if fildes is not a valid open file
          descriptor.  [EBADF]

     Return Value
          Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
          Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
          indicate the error.

     See Also
          creat(S), dup(S), exec(S), fcntl(S), open(S), pipe(S)































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