fd_close

fd_close -- closes a file identified by a file descriptor.

Syntax

fd_close (fd)

		

Arguments

fd

A file descriptor as returned from fd_open.

Returns

t, if successful, otherwise nil.

Description

This function closes a file identifed by a file descriptor, ie. that was opened by fd_open.

Example

    Gamma> require_lisp("const/filesys");
    "const/filesys"
    Gamma> fp = fd_open("/fd/ttyp8",O_WRONLY);
    4
    Gamma> fd_write(fp,"\nHello\n");
    8
    Gamma> fd_close(fp);
    t
    Gamma> fd_close(fp);	
    nil
    		

See Also

close, fd_open, Referencing Files

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