NAME

       closefrom — delete open file descriptors

LIBRARY

       Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       void
       closefrom(int lowfd);

DESCRIPTION

       The  closefrom()  system  call  deletes all open file descriptors greater than or equal to lowfd from the
       per-process object reference table.  Any errors encountered while closing file descriptors are ignored.

SEE ALSO

       close(2)

HISTORY

       The closefrom() function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

Debian                                            June 12, 2009                                     CLOSEFROM(2)