.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later .. c:namespace:: MC

.. _media-func-close:

media close()

Name

media-close - Close a media device

Synopsis

.. code-block:: c

#include <unistd.h>

.. c:function:: int close( int fd )

Arguments

fd File descriptor returned by :c:func:open().

Description

Closes the media device. Resources associated with the file descriptor are freed. The device configuration remain unchanged.

Return Value

:c:func:close() returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately. Possible error codes are:

EBADF fd is not a valid open file descriptor.