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Name

fcloseall - close all open streams

Library

Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )

Synopsis

"#define(7)_GNU_SOURCE" "         /* See feature_test_macros */" #include <stdio.h> 
int fcloseall(void); 

Description

The fcloseall() function closes all of the calling process's open streams. Buffered output for each stream is written before it is closed (as for fflush(3)); buffered input is discarded.

The standard streams, stdin, stdout, and stderr are also closed.

Return Value

This function returns 0 if all files were successfully closed; on error, EOF is returned.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). allbox; lbx lb lb T{ fcloseall()
InterfaceAttributeValue
T}Thread safetyMT-Unsafe race:streams

The fcloseall() function does not lock the streams, so it is not thread-safe.

Standards

GNU.

See Also

  1. close(2),
  2. fclose(3),
  3. fflush(3),
  4. fopen(3),
  5. setbuf(3)