closefrom(3bsd) 3bsd closefrom(3bsd) NAME closefrom - delete open file descriptors LIBRARY library "libbsd" SYNOPSIS #include (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 close(2) STANDARDS closefrom() is a BSD and Solaris extension. HISTORY The closefrom() function first appeared in Solaris 9, OpenBSD 3.5, DragonFly 1.2, NetBSD 3.0, FreeBSD 8.0 and glibc 2.34. Linux 6.10.2-arch1-1 June 12, 2009 Linux 6.10.2-arch1-1