fcloseall

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 2022-12-15
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NAME

fcloseall - close all open streams  

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)  

SYNOPSIS

#define _GNU_SOURCE         /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#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).
InterfaceAttributeValue
fcloseall() Thread safetyMT-Unsafe race:streams

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

STANDARDS

This function is a GNU extension.  

SEE ALSO

close(2), fclose(3), fflush(3), fopen(3), setbuf(3)


 

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