fclose

Closes a file opened by fopen.

Synopsis

fclose (file)

Required Arguments

FILE file (Input/Output)
A FILE structure returned from fopen.

Return Value

The return value is zero if the file is successfully closed. If there is an error, the return value is negative 1.

Description

The function fclose is a wrapper around the standard C runtime function fclose. It is used to close files opened with fopen.

Example

See fopen for an example of its use.