NAME
close - close a file descriptor
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio_p.h>
int close(filedes)
FD fildes;
DESCRIPTION
fildes
is a file descriptor obtained from an
open
system call.
close
closes the file descriptor indicated by
fildes. close
will fail if
fildes
is not a valid open file descriptor. [EBADF]
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completeion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a
value of -1 is returned and
errno
is set to indicate the error.
SEE ALSO
open(2F)