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fcloseall(3) Library Functions Manualfcloseall(3)fcloseall - close all open streams
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#define _GNU_SOURCE/* See feature_test_macros(7) */#include <stdio.h>int fcloseall(void);
Thefcloseall() function closes all of the calling process's open streams. Buffered output for each stream is written before it is closed (as forfflush(3)); buffered input is discarded. The standard streams,stdin,stdout, andstderr are also closed.
This function returns 0 if all files were successfully closed; on error,EOFis returned.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌───────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├───────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────┤ │fcloseall() │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:streams │ └───────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────────────┘ Thefcloseall() function does not lock the streams, so it is not thread-safe.
GNU.
close(2),fclose(3),fflush(3),fopen(3),setbuf(3)
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