NAME

     closefrom — delete open file descriptors

LIBRARY

     library “libbsd”

SYNOPSIS

     #include <bsd/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.