Closing a sequential file, socket or pipe¶
close # |
Close a sequential file, socket or pipe |
SYNTAX
close #channel [, #channel] …
Closes the sequential file, socket or pipe that is currently open on a specified channel or channels.
channel |
An integer in the range 1-64 specifying the number of the channel on which the sequential file, socket or pipe (opened by the open # command) is open. It may be a constant, field name or expression. Channel 0 (zero) is the standard I/O channel and may not be closed. |
NOTES
If the channel is already closed the command is ignored.
The number of files that may be open at the same time is operating system dependent.
A list of channels, separated by commas, may follow the close # command. However, these may not be mixed with object or file identifiers, which may only be closed by means of the close command.
EXAMPLE
close #1
close #tmp.Channel3
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