NAME

       closefrom — delete open file descriptors

LIBRARY

       Utility functions from BSD systems (libbsd, -lbsd)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>
       (See libbsd(7) for include usage.)

       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)

STANDARDS

       closefrom() is a BSD and Solaris extension.

HISTORY

       The closefrom() function first appeared in Solaris 9, OpenBSD 3.5, DragonFly 1.2, NetBSD 3.0, FreeBSD 8.0
       and glibc 2.34.

Debian                                            June 12, 2009                                  closefrom(3bsd)