CLOSE(3F)           UNIX Programmer's Manual            CLOSE(3F)

NAME
     close, flush - close or flush a file

SYNTAX
     integer fileid
     call close(fileid)

     integer fileid
     call flush(fileid)

DESCRIPTION
     _C_l_o_s_e causes any buffers for the file associated with _f_i_l_e_i_d
     to be emptied, and the file to be closed.  Buffers allocated
     by the standard input/output system are freed.

     _C_l_o_s_e is performed automatically upon termination of a pro-
     gram.

     _F_l_u_s_h causes any buffered data for the named output _f_i_l_e_i_d
     to be written to that file.  The file remains open.

SEE ALSO
     open(3F)

AUTHOR
     Bruce Julian, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

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