CLOSEFROM
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NAME
closefrom
- delete open file descriptors
LIBRARY
Lb libbsd
SYNOPSIS
In unistd.h
(See
libbsd(7)
for include usage.)
Ft void
Fn closefrom int lowfd
DESCRIPTION
The
Fn closefrom
system call deletes all open file descriptors greater than or equal to
Fa lowfd
from the per-process object reference table.
Any errors encountered while closing file descriptors are ignored.
SEE ALSO
close(2)
HISTORY
The
Fn closefrom
function first appeared in
Fx 8.0 .