Closes a file.
int_close(inthandle**);**
| Routine | Required Header | Optional Headers | Compatibility |
| _close | <io.h> | <errno.h> | Win 95, Win NT |
For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.
Libraries
| LIBC.LIB | Single thread static library, retail version |
| LIBCMT.LIB | Multithread static library, retail version |
| MSVCRT.LIB | Import library for MSVCRT.DLL, retail version |
Return Value
_close returns 0 if the file was successfully closed. A return value of –1 indicates an error, in which case errno is set to EBADF, indicating an invalid file-handle parameter.
Parameter
handle
Handle referring to open file
Remarks
The _close function closes the file associated with handle.
Example
/* OPEN.C: This program uses _open to open a file
* named OPEN.C for input and a file named OPEN.OUT
* for output. The files are then closed.
*/
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main( void )
{
int fh1, fh2;
fh1 = _open( "OPEN.C", _O_RDONLY );
if( fh1 == -1 )
perror( "open failed on input file" );
else
{
printf( "open succeeded on input file\n" );
_close( fh1 );
}
fh2 = _open( "OPEN.OUT", _O_WRONLY | _O_CREAT, _S_IREAD |
_S_IWRITE );
if( fh2 == -1 )
perror( "Open failed on output file" );
else
{
printf( "Open succeeded on output file\n" );
_close( fh2 );
}
}
Output
Open succeeded on input file
Open succeeded on output file