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author | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
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committer | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
commit | be22b15ae2ff8d7fe06b6e14fddf0c5b444a95da (patch) | |
tree | a18a706dffa5baf86a3b12bbfb4f81caa097f349 /lib/libc/sys/close.2 | |
parent | 2a27bd86e6002c871e3b5561a5334653bb222a77 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/close.2 b/lib/libc/sys/close.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..885ac80 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/close.2 @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)close.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd April 19, 1994 +.Dt CLOSE 2 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm close +.Nd delete a descriptor +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft int +.Fn close "int d" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn close +call deletes a descriptor from the per-process object +reference table. +If this is the last reference to the underlying object, the +object will be deactivated. +For example, on the last close of a file +the current +.Em seek +pointer associated with the file is lost; +on the last close of a +.Xr socket 2 +associated naming information and queued data are discarded; +on the last close of a file holding an advisory lock +the lock is released (see further +.Xr flock 2 ) . +.Pp +When a process exits, +all associated file descriptors are freed, but since there is +a limit on active descriptors per processes, the +.Fn close +function call +is useful when a large quantity of file descriptors are being handled. +.Pp +When a process forks (see +.Xr fork 2 ) , +all descriptors for the new child process reference the same +objects as they did in the parent before the fork. +If a new process is then to be run using +.Xr execve 2 , +the process would normally inherit these descriptors. Most +of the descriptors can be rearranged with +.Xr dup2 2 +or deleted with +.Fn close +before the +.Xr execve +is attempted, but if some of these descriptors will still +be needed if the execve fails, it is necessary to arrange for them +to be closed if the execve succeeds. +For this reason, the call +.Dq Li fcntl(d, F_SETFD, 1) +is provided, +which arranges that a descriptor will be closed after a successful +execve; the call +.Dq Li fcntl(d, F_SETFD, 0) +restores the default, +which is to not close the descriptor. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. +Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global integer variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn Close +will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EBADF +.Fa D +is not an active descriptor. +.It Bq Er EINTR +An interrupt was received. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr accept 2 , +.Xr flock 2 , +.Xr open 2 , +.Xr pipe 2 , +.Xr socket 2 , +.Xr socketpair 2 , +.Xr execve 2 , +.Xr fcntl 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Fn Close +conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 +.Pq Dq Tn POSIX . |