fclose()                 Close a Stream
 
 
 #include   <stdio.h>
 
 int        fclose(stream);
 FILE       *stream;                     Pointer to file structure
 
    fclose() closes 'stream'.  All buffers associated with 'stream' are
    flushed before being closed.  System-allocated buffers are freed when
    the stream is closed.
 
    Returns:    Zero if the stream is successfully closed.  EOF is
                returned on error.
 
      Notes:    Use fclose() to close a file that has been opened with
                fopen(). Buffers assigned using setbuf() are not
                automatically freed.
 
  -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
 
    The following statements open and close a file.
 
         #include <stdio.h>
 
         FILE *in;
 
         main()
         {
             if ((in = fopen("input.dat","r+"))!= NULL) {
                 .
                 .
                 .
                 fclose(in);
              }
           }

Seealso:


 close() 
 fdopen() 
 fflush() 
 fopen() 
 freopen()