closefrom - delete open file descriptors

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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)

STANDARDS

closefrom() is a BSD and Solaris extension.

HISTORY

The closefrom() function first appeared in Solaris 9, OpenBSD 3.5, DragonFly 1.2, NetBSD 3.0, FreeBSD 8.0 and glibc 2.34. GNU June 12, 2009 closefrom(3bsd)

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