CLOSEFROM(2) BSD Programmer's Manual CLOSEFROM(2)NAMEclosefrom - delete many descriptors
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int
closefrom(int fd);
DESCRIPTION
The closefrom() call deletes all descriptors numbered fd and higher from
the per-process file descriptor table. It is effectively the same as cal-
ling close(2) on each descriptor.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value
of -1 is returned and the global integer variable errno is set to indi-
cate the error.
ERRORSclosefrom() will fail if:
[EBADF] fd is greater than any open file descriptor.
[EINTR] An interrupt was received.
SEE ALSOclose(2)MirOS BSD #10-current January 11, 2004 1