This documentation is copyright © 1998-2001 Sandro Sigala <sandro@sigala.it>.
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Released under the GNU General Public License.
fclose
Prototype
#include <stdio.h>
int fclose(FILE *stream);
Description
Flushes the stream pointed to by stream
and closes the associated stream.
Returns zero if the operation succeeds, or EOF
if any errors were detected.
Example
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
FILE *fout;
if ((fout = fopen("test.txt", "w")) == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strerror(errno));
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
fprintf(fout, "Test string\n");
fclose(fout);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
References
ISO C 9899:1990 7.9.5.1