fclose

1 Description
2 Syntax
3 Parameters
4 Return
5 Examples
6 Remark
7 See Also
8 header to Include
9 Reference

Description

The fclose function closes stream.

Syntax

int fclose( FILE * stream )

Parameters

stream: Pointer to FILE structure ( must be non-null pointer )

Return

fclose returns 0 if the stream is successfully closed. It return EOF to indicate an error.

Examples

EX1

//The following example opens a file named "data.txt" and "data2.txt". It then uses 
//fclose to close "data.txt" and "data2.txt"

void test_fclose()
{
    FILE *stream, *stream2;
    
    // Open for read (will fail if file "data" does not exist)
    stream  = fopen( "c:\\data.txt", "r" );
    if( stream == NULL )
        printf( "The file 'data' was not opened\n" );
    else
        printf( "The file 'data' was opened\n" );
    
    // Open for write 
    stream2 = fopen( "c:\\data2.txt", "w+" );
    if( stream2 == NULL )
        printf( "The file 'data2' was not opened\n" );
    else
        printf( "The file 'data2' was opened\n" );
    
    // Close stream 
    if ( stream != NULL )
    {
        if( fclose( stream ) )
            printf( "The file 'data' was not closed\n" );
        else
            printf( "The file 'data' was closed\n" );
    }
    // Close stream2 
    if ( stream2 != NULL )
    {
        if( fclose( stream2 ) )
            printf( "The file 'data2' was not closed\n" );
        else
            printf( "The file 'data2' was closed\n" );
    }
}

EX2

// If a code executed after opening the file and before closing it and the code excution leads
// to execution error, the file stays open. to avoid such circumstance, one may use a try catch block
// to assure the file is closed either way. plese check the following code
void test_file_process(FILE *ff2)
{
    FILE *ff;
    ff = fopen("C:\\MyFile3.txt", "w");
    fprintf(ff, "Hello World");
    try
    {
        fprintf(ff2, "Hello World");// ff2 is supplied by caller and could be junk
    }
    catch (int nErrorCode)
    {
        fclose(ff);
        
    }
    fclose(ff);
}
void test_error_handle()
{
    test_file_process(NULL);
}

Remark

The fclose function closes stream. All buffers associated with the stream are flushed prior to closing. System-allocated buffers are released when the stream is closed. Buffers assigned by the user with setbuf and setvbuf are not automatically released.