closefrom(3bsd)
| 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 6.12.85-6.12-alt1 |