- NAME
-
fclose - Close a stream.
- SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int fclose(FILE *stream);- DESCRIPTION
-
Close the file associated with the specified stream after flushing all buffers associated with it.
- RETURN VALUE
-
If the stream is successfully closed 0 is returned. In case of an error EOF is returned.
- SEE ALSO
-
fopen, freopen, fflush
- EXAMPLE
link:src/fclose.c[role=include]- OUTPUT
$ gcc -Wall fclose.c $ ./a.out hello $ more hello fclose example
- EXAMPLE
link:src/fclose2.c[role=include]- OUTPUT
$ gcc -Wall fclose2.c
$ ./a.out fclose2.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int c;
FILE *pFile;
pFile = fopen(argv[1],"r");
if (pFile==NULL) {
printf("Error opening file.\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
while ((c = fgetc(pFile)) != EOF) {
printf("%c",c);
}
fclose(pFile);
return 0;
}