1closefrom(3bsd)                      LOCAL                     closefrom(3bsd)
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NAME

4     closefrom — delete open file descriptors
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LIBRARY

7     Utility functions from BSD systems (libbsd, -lbsd)
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SYNOPSIS

10     #include <unistd.h>
11     (See libbsd(7) for include usage.)
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13     void
14     closefrom(int lowfd);
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DESCRIPTION

17     The closefrom() system call deletes all open file descriptors greater
18     than or equal to lowfd from the per-process object reference table.  Any
19     errors encountered while closing file descriptors are ignored.
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SEE ALSO

22     close(2)
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HISTORY

25     The closefrom() function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.
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