closefrom(3bsd) | 3bsd | closefrom(3bsd) |
NAME
closefrom
— delete
open file descriptors
LIBRARY
library “libbsd”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<unistd.h>
(See
libbsd(7) for include usage.)
void
closefrom
(int
lowfd);
DESCRIPTION
The
closefrom
()
system call deletes all open file descriptors greater than or equal to
lowfd from the per-process object reference table. Any
errors encountered while closing file descriptors are ignored.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The closefrom
() function first appeared in
FreeBSD 8.0.
June 12, 2009 | Linux 6.3.2-arch1-1 |