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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.