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CLOSEFROM(3bsd)                      LOCAL                     CLOSEFROM(3bsd)

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
     close(2)

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

BSD                              June 12, 2009                             BSD

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