CLOSEFROM(3) BSD Library Functions Manual CLOSEFROM(3)NAMEclosefrom — delete many descriptors
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int
closefrom(int fd);
DESCRIPTION
The closefrom() call deletes all descriptors numbered fd and higher from
the per-process file descriptor table. It is effectively the same as
calling close(2) on each descriptor.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value
of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORSclosefrom() will fail if:
[EBADF] fd is invalid.
[EINTR] An interrupt was received.
SEE ALSOclose(2)BSD June 1, 2004 BSD