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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/closefrom.2 b/lib/libc/sys/closefrom.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ffaa001 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/closefrom.2 @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Advanced Computing Technologies LLC +.\" Written by: John H. Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 12, 2009 +.Dt CLOSEFROM 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm closefrom +.Nd delete open file descriptors +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In unistd.h +.Ft void +.Fn closefrom "int lowfd" +.Sh 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. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr close 2 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn closefrom +function first appeared in +.Fx 8.0 . |