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diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fclose.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/fclose.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..883aa10 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fclose.3 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, +.\" on Information Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" @(#)fclose.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd April 22, 2006 +.Dt FCLOSE 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm fclose , +.Nm fcloseall +.Nd close a stream +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In stdio.h +.Ft int +.Fn fclose "FILE *stream" +.Ft void +.Fn fcloseall void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn fclose +function +dissociates the named +.Fa stream +from its underlying file or set of functions. +If the stream was being used for output, any buffered data is written +first, using +.Xr fflush 3 . +.Pp +The +.Fn fcloseall +function calls +.Fn fclose +on all open streams. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion 0 is returned. +Otherwise, +.Dv EOF +is returned and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +In either case no further access to the stream is possible. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn fclose +function +may also fail and set +.Va errno +for any of the errors specified for the routines +.Xr close 2 +or +.Xr fflush 3 . +.Sh NOTES +The +.Fn 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 +.Fx +are bug free. +This behaviour is an implementation detail, and programs should not +rely upon it. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr close 2 , +.Xr fflush 3 , +.Xr fopen 3 , +.Xr setbuf 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn fclose +function +conforms to +.St -isoC . +.Pp +The +.Fn fcloseall +function first appeared in +.Fx 7.0 . |