close(2)							System Calls Manual							  close(2)

NAME

       close -	Closes the file associated with a file descriptor

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int close (	int filedes );

PARAMETERS

       Specifies a valid open file descriptor.

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       close():  XSH5.0, XNS5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

DESCRIPTION

       The close() function closes the file associated with the filedes parameter.

       All  regions  of  a file specified by the filedes parameter that this process has previously locked with the lockf() function are unlocked.
       This occurs even if the process still has the file open by another file descriptor.

       When all file descriptors associated with a pipe or FIFO special file have been closed, any data remaining in the  pipe	or  FIFO  is  dis-
       carded.	 When  all  file  descriptors  associated with an open file descriptor are closed, the open file descriptor is freed.  If the link
       count of the file is 0 (zero) when all file descriptors associated with the file have been closed, the space occupied by the file is  freed
       and the file is no longer accessible.

       When the close() function needs to block, only the calling thread is suspended rather than all threads in the calling process.

       The  last  close()  for a stream causes the stream associated with fildes to be dismantled. Dismantling includes popping any modules on the
       stream and closing the driver.  If O_NDELAY and O_NONBLOCK are clear and there are no signals posted for the stream, close() waits up to 15
       seconds	for each module to drain and up to 15 seconds for each driver to drain.  If the O_NDELAY or the O_NONBLOCK flag is set or if there
       are any pending signals, close() does not wait for output to drain, and dismantles the stream immediately.  If a STREAMS  file  is  closed,
       and  the  calling  process  had	previously registered to receive a SIGPOLL signal [see signal()] for events associated with that file [see
       I_SETSIG in streamio(7)], the calling process is unregistered for events associated with the file.

       For sockets (fildes refers to a socket), a call to close causes the socket to be destroyed.  For connection-oriented sockets that have  the
       SOCK_LINGER option set and have untransmitted data, the close function blocks for the period of time specified by the linger interval until
       all data is transmitted.

RETURN VALUES

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

ERRORS

       If the close() function fails, errno may be set to one of the following values: The filedes parameter is not a valid open file  descriptor.
       The  close()  function  was  interrupted  by  a signal which was caught.  A read or write physical I/O error.  [Tru64 UNIX]  fildes is on a
       remote machine and the link to that machine is no longer active.

       [Tru64 UNIX]   A close() function on an NFS file system waits for all outstanding I/O to complete.  If  any  operation  completes  with	an
       error, the error will be returned by close().  The possible errors depend on the NFS server implementation, but the most likely errors are:
       The write has failed because the user's disk block quota is exhausted.  Attempted to write a file that exceeds the maximum  file  size.	 A
       read or write physical I/O error.  Attempted to write on a full file system.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: exec(2), fcntl(2), lockf(3), open(2), pipe(2), socket(2), streamio(7).

       Standards: standards(5).  delim off

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