fclose
-- close a filefclose(
n)
closes the file specified by the
file descriptor n
.
fclose(n)
n |
- | a file descriptor returned by fopen : a positive integer |
the void object of type DOM_NULL
.
finput
, fopen
, fprint
, fread
, ftextinput
, pathname
, print
, protocol
, read
, READPATH
, write
, WRITEPATH
fopen
. The call to fopen
yields the file descriptor
n
representing the file.fclose
to close a file which is no longer
needed because this releases the file descriptor. The exact number of
file descriptors available depends on the used operating system.fclose
is a function of the system kernel.We open a file test
for writing. This
yields the file descriptor n
:
>> n := fopen("test", Write)
17
We close the file:
>> fclose(n): delete n: