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NAME

     closefrom - delete open file descriptors

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     void
     closefrom(int lowfd);

DESCRIPTION

     The closefrom() system call deletes all open file descriptors greater
     than or equal to lowfd from the per-process object reference table.  Any
     errors encountered while closing file descriptors are ignored.

SEE ALSO

     close(2)

HISTORY

     The closefrom() function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.