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FCLOSE

FCLOSE



Closes an external file, a directory, or a directory member

OS/390 specifics: file close is strongly recommended


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Syntax

FCLOSE (file-id)

file-id
is the file-identifier that was assigned when the file was opened.


Details

Files opened with the FOPEN function are not closed automatically after processing. All files opened with FOPEN should be closed with FCLOSE. For code examples, see FINFO

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