fclose

Close an opened file.

Syntax

• fclose(fid)
• fclose('all')
• status = fclose(fid)
• status = fclose('all')

Input argument

• fid - a file descriptor

Output argument

• status - an integer value: 0 if file is closed or -1 if not.

Description

fclose must be used to close a file opened by fopen.

fclose('all') closes all opened file with fopen.

Example

fd = fopen([tempdir(), filesep(), 'fclose_tst'],'wt');
status = fclose(fd)
status = fclose(fd)

See also

fopen, fread, feof.

History

Author

Allan CORNET