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io_close(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual io_close(3)

io_close - close a file descriptor

#include <libowfat/io.h>

void io_close(int64 fd);

io_close eliminates the descriptor numbered fd. This usually does not mean eliminating the object that the descriptor is talking to. (For example, if a descriptor writes to a named disk file, closing the descriptor will not remove the file; it simply removes one way of writing to the file. On the other hand, a pipe disappears as soon as no descriptors refer to it.)

io_close has no return value; it always succeeds in deallocating the memory used for the descriptor. If fd is not the number of a descriptor, io_close has no effect.

io_close() is like close(), but it also removes the descriptor from the internal io_wait() data structures. If you called io_fd on a descriptor, you need to use io_close to close it, not just close().

io_wait(3), io_canwrite(3)

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