NAME
closefrom – delete open file descriptors
LIBRARY
library “libbsd”
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
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.