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25.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2019 $
26.Dt CLOSEFROM 2
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm closefrom
30.Nd delete many descriptors
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.In unistd.h
33.Ft int
34.Fn closefrom "int fd"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Fn closefrom
38call deletes all descriptors numbered
39.Fa fd
40and higher from the per-process file descriptor table.
41It is effectively the same as calling
42.Xr close 2
43on each descriptor.
44.Sh RETURN VALUES
45.Rv -std
46.Sh ERRORS
47.Fn closefrom
48will fail if:
49.Bl -tag -width Er
50.It Bq Er EBADF
51.Fa fd
52is greater than all open file descriptors.
53.It Bq Er EINTR
54An interrupt was received.
55.El
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr close 2
58.Sh STANDARDS
59.Fn closefrom
60is a
61.Bx
62and Solaris extension.
63.Sh HISTORY
64The
65.Fn closefrom
66function first appeared in Solaris 9 and has been available since
67.Ox 3.5 .
68