closefrom(3bsd) LOCAL closefrom(3bsd)
NAME
closefrom — delete open file descriptors
LIBRARY
Utility functions from BSD systems (libbsd, −lbsd)
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
close(2)
HISTORY
The closefrom() function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0. GNU June 12, 2009 closefrom(3bsd)