FCLOSE()

Closes an open file

Syntax

FCLOSE( <nHandle> ) --> <lSuccess>

Arguments

<nHandle> DOS file handle

Returns

<lSuccess> Logical TRUE (.T.) or FALSE (.F.)

Description

This function closes an open file with a dos file handle of <nHandle> and writes the associated DOS buffer to the disk. The <nHandle> value is derived from the FCREATE() or FOPEN() function.

     nHandle:=FOPEN('x.txt')
     ? FSEEK(nHandle0,2)
     FCLOSE(nHandle)

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is CA-Clipper compliant

Files

Library is Rtl

See Also

• FOPEN()
• FCREATE()
• FREAD()
• FWRITE()
• FERROR()