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(-)/usr/src/lib/libc/sys/close.2 (-4 / +4 lines)
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file descriptor for that file is closed by that process.
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file descriptor for that file is closed by that process.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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When a process exits,
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When a process exits,
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all associated file descriptors are freed, but since there is
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all associated file descriptors are freed, as though the process called
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a limit on active descriptors per processes, the
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.Fn close
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.Fn close
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system call
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itself.
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is useful when a large quantity of file descriptors are being handled.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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When a process forks (see
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When a process forks (see
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.Xr fork 2 ) ,
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.Xr fork 2 ) ,
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is not an active descriptor.
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is not an active descriptor.
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.It Bq Er EINTR
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.It Bq Er EINTR
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An interrupt was received.
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An interrupt was received.
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.It Bq Er ENOSPC
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The underlying object did not fit, cached data was lost.
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.El
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr accept 2 ,
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.Xr accept 2 ,

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