FCLOSE(3)                      Library Routines                      FCLOSE(3)

NAME

       fclose - close a stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       int fclose (FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION

       The  fclose  function  dissociates the named stream from its underlying
       file or set of functions.  If the stream was being used for output, any
       buffered data is written first, using fflush(3).

RETURN VALUES

       Upon  successful  completion 0 is returned.  Otherwise, EOF is returned
       and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.  In  either
       case no further access to the stream is possible.

ERRORS

              EBADF  The argument stream is not an open stream.

       The  fclose  function may also fail and set errno for any of the errors
       specified for the routines close(2) or fflush(3).

SEE ALSO

       close(2), fflush(3), fopen(3), setbuf(3)

STANDARDS

       The fclose function conforms to ANSI/C.



GNO                            15 September 1997                     FCLOSE(3)