FCLOSE(3S) FCLOSE(3S) NAME fclose, fflush - close or flush a stream SYNOPSIS #include <stdio.h> fclose(stream) FILE *stream; fflush(stream) FILE *stream; DESCRIPTION Fclose causes any buffers for the named stream to be emptied, and the file to be closed. Buffers allocated by the standard input/output sys‐ tem are freed. Fclose is performed automatically upon calling exit(3). Fflush causes any buffered data for the named output stream to be writ‐ ten to that file. The stream remains open. SEE ALSO close(2), fopen(3S), setbuf(3S) DIAGNOSTICS These routines return EOF if stream is not associated with an output file, or if buffered data cannot be transferred to that file. 7th Edition May 15, 1985 FCLOSE(3S)