Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)

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FILE_CLOSE_ Procedure

Summary

Syntax for C Programmers

Syntax for TAL Programmers

Parameters

Considerations

Messages

Related Programming Manuals

Summary

The FILE_CLOSE_ procedure closes an open file. Closing a file terminates access to

the file. You can use FILE_CLOSE_ to close files that were opened by either

FILE_OPEN_ or OPEN.

Syntax for C Programmers

Syntax for TAL Programmers

Parameters

error returned value

INT

is a file-system error number indicating the outcome of the operation. No error is

retryable; most of the possible error conditions are the result of programming

errors.

filenum input

INT:value

is the number identifying the open file to be closed.

filenum was returned by

FILE_OPEN_ or OPEN when the file was originally opened.

tape-disposition input

INT:value

#include <cextdecs(FILE_CLOSE_)>

short FILE_CLOSE_ ( short filenum

,[ short tape-disposition ] );

error := FILE_CLOSE_ ( filenum ! i

,[ tape-disposition ] ); ! i