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| 1 | .\" @(#)fclose.3s 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
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| 2 | .\"
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| 3 | .TH FCLOSE 3 "May 15, 1985"
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| 4 | .AT 3
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| 5 | .SH NAME
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| 6 | fclose, fflush \- close or flush a stream
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| 7 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 8 | .nf
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| 9 | .ft B
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| 10 | #include <stdio.h>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | int fclose(FILE *\fIstream\fP)
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| 13 | int fflush(FILE *\fIstream\fP)
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| 14 | .ft R
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| 15 | .fi
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| 16 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 17 | .B Fclose
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| 18 | causes any buffers for the named
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| 19 | .I stream
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| 20 | to be emptied, and the file to be closed.
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| 21 | Buffers allocated by the standard input/output system
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| 22 | are freed.
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| 23 | .PP
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| 24 | .B Fclose
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| 25 | is performed automatically upon
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| 26 | calling
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| 27 | .BR exit (3).
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| 28 | .PP
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| 29 | .B Fflush
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| 30 | causes any buffered data for the named output
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| 31 | .I stream
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| 32 | to be written to that file.
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| 33 | The stream remains open.
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| 34 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 35 | .BR close (2),
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| 36 | .BR fopen (3),
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| 37 | .BR setbuf (3).
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| 38 | .SH DIAGNOSTICS
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| 39 | These routines return
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| 40 | .SM
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| 41 | .B EOF
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| 42 | if
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| 43 | .I stream
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| 44 | is not associated with an output file, or
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| 45 | if buffered data cannot be transferred to that file.
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