NAME¶

std::fclose - std::fclose

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <cstdio>
int fclose( std::FILE* stream );

Closes the given file stream. Any unwritten buffered data are flushed to the OS. Any
unread buffered data are discarded.

Whether or not the operation succeeds, the stream is no longer associated with a
file, and the buffer allocated by std::setbuf or std::setvbuf, if any, is also
disassociated and deallocated if automatic allocation was used.

The behavior is undefined if the value of the pointer stream is used after fclose
returns.

Parameters¶

stream - the file stream to close

Return value¶

0 on success, EOF otherwise.

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>

int main()
{
int is_ok = EXIT_FAILURE;
FILE* fp = std::fopen("/tmp/test.txt", "w+");
if (!fp)
{
std::perror("File opening failed");
return is_ok;
}

int c; // Note: int, not char, required to handle EOF
while ((c = std::fgetc(fp)) != EOF) // Standard C I/O file reading loop
std::putchar(c);

if (std::ferror(fp))
std::puts("I/O error when reading");
else if (std::feof(fp))
{
std::puts("End of file reached successfully");
is_ok = EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

std::fclose(fp);
return is_ok;
}

Output:¶

End of file reached successfully

See also¶

fopen opens a file
(function)
freopen open an existing stream with a different name
(function)
close flushes the put area buffer and closes the associated file
(public member function of std::basic_filebuf<CharT,Traits>)
C documentation for
fclose