NAME¶

closefrom — delete open file descriptors

LIBRARY¶

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <unistd.h>

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.