The Single UNIX ® Specification, Version 2
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group
NAME
close - close a file descriptor
- Note:
- The XSH specification for
close()
contains the basic definition of this interface. The following
additional information pertains to Sockets.
DESCRIPTION
If
fildes
refers to a socket,
close()
causes the socket to be destroyed. If the socket is connection-mode, and
the SO_LINGER option is set for the socket with non-zero linger time,
and the socket has untransmitted data, then
close()
will block for up to the current linger interval until all data is
transmitted.
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