Function

GLib-2.0GLibcloseSince 2.36

  • This wraps the close() call. In case of error, %errno will be preserved, but the error will also be stored as a GLib.Error in error. In case of success, %errno is undefined.

    Besides using GLib.Error, there is another major reason to prefer this function over the call provided by the system; on Unix, it will attempt to correctly handle EINTR, which has platform-specific semantics.

    It is a bug to call this function with an invalid file descriptor.

    On POSIX platforms since GLib 2.76, this function is async-signal safe if (and only if) error is null and fd is a valid open file descriptor. This makes it safe to call from a signal handler or a GLib.SpawnChildSetupFunc under those conditions. See signal(7) and signal-safety(7) for more details.

    Parameters

    • fd: number

      A file descriptor

    Returns boolean

    true on success, false if there was an error.

    2.36