close - Procedure

Closes a file that has been opened with the open procedure.

Description

Closes the connection with one or all open files or pipes. If no file is specified all files currently opened by the open procedure are closed.


Syntax

close(f)

FILE

f;

Principal parameters

None.

Optional parameters

f	- The name of a filevariable accociated with an open file

Comments

Any attempt to close a file or pipe which is not open is treated as an error.

See also

open