fclose() -- STDIO Function (libc)

Close a stream
#include <stdio.h>
int fclose(fp) FILE *fp;

fclose() closes  the stream fp. It  calls fflush() on the  given fp, closes
the  associated file,  and  releases any  allocated  buffer.  The  function
exit() calls fclose() for open streams.

Example

For examples of  how to use this function, see  the entries for fopen() and
fseek().

See Also

libc
ANSI Standard, §7.9.5.1
POSIX Standard, §8.1

Diagnostics

fclose() returns EOF if an error occurs.

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness