fclose(3) BSD Library Functions Manual fclose(3)
NAME
fclose, fcloseall -- close a stream
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int
fclose(FILE *stream);
void
fcloseall(void);
DESCRIPTION
The fclose() function dissociates the named stream from its underlying
file or set of functions. If the stream was being used for output, any
buffered data is written first, using fflush(3).
The fcloseall() function calls fclose() on all open streams.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion 0 is returned. Otherwise, EOF is returned and
the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. In either case
no further access to the stream is possible.
ERRORS
The fclose() function may also fail and set errno for any of the errors
specified for the routines close(2) or fflush(3).
NOTES
The fclose() function does not handle NULL arguments; they will result in
a segmentation violation. This is intentional - it makes it easier to
make sure programs written under FreeBSD are bug free. This behaviour is
an implementation detail, and programs should not rely upon it.
SEE ALSO
close(2), fflush(3), fopen(3), setbuf(3)
STANDARDS
The fclose() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').
The fcloseall() function first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.
BSD April 22, 2006 BSD
Mac OS X 10.8 - Generated Mon Aug 27 16:33:11 CDT 2012