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Communications Technical Reference, Volume 1

close Subroutine Interface for Data Link Control (DLC) Devices

Purpose

Closes the generic data link control (GDLC) device manager using a file descriptor.

Syntax

int close (fildes)
int fildes;

Description

The close subroutine disables a GDLC channel. If this is the last channel to close on a port, the GDLC device manager is reset to an idle state on that port and the communications device handler is closed.

Parameters

fildes Specifies the file descriptor of the GDLC being closed.

Return Values

0 Indicates a successful operation.
EBADF Indicates a bad file number. This value is defined in the /usr/include/sys/errno.h file.

If an error occurs, a value of -1 is also returned.

Implementation Specifics

Each GDLC supports the close subroutine interface by way of its dlcclose and dlcmpx entry points. This subroutine can be called from the process environment only.

Related Information

The close subroutine.

open Subroutine Interface for DLC Devices .

Generic Data Link Control (GDLC) Environment Overview in AIX Version 4.3 Communications Programming Concepts.


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