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                      3: close()                COHERENT System Call               close()
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                      8: Close a file
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                     10: iinntt cclloossee(_f_d) iinntt _f_d;
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                     12: close closes the file identified by the file descriptor _f_d, which
                     13: was returned by ccrreeaatt, dduupp,  ooppeenn, or ppiippee.  close also frees the
                     14: associated file descriptor.
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                     16: Because each program can have only a limited number of files open
                     17: at any given time,  programs that process many files should close
                     18: files whenever  possible.  The function  exit automatically calls
                     19: fclose for  all open files;  however, the system  call _exit does
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                     22: ***** Example *****
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                     24: For an example of this function, see the entry for open.
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                     26: ***** See Also *****
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                     28: COHERENT system calls, creat(), open()
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                     30: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     32: close returns -1  if an error occurs, such as  its being handed a
                     33: bad file descriptor; otherwise, it returns zero.
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