NAME

xt_ff_close() - Close a stream created by xt_ff_open()

LIBRARY

#include <xtend/fast-file.h>
-lxtend

SYNOPSIS

int     xt_ff_close(xt_ff_t *stream)

ARGUMENTS

stream: Pointer to the xt_ff_t structure to be closed

DESCRIPTION

xt_ff_close(3) closes a xt_ff_t stream by calling _xt_ff_raw_close(3) or _xt_ff_pclose(3) as appropriate. Automatically determines the proper close function to call using S_ISFIFO() on the stream stat structure.

The xt_ff_t system is simpler than and much faster than traditional FILE on typical systems. It is intended for processing large files character-by-character, where low-level block I/O is not convenient, but FILE I/O causes a bottleneck.

RETURN VALUES

The value returned by _xt_ff_raw_close(3) or _xt_ff_pclose(3)

SEE ALSO

xt_ff_popen(3), xt_ff_open(3), gzip(1), bzip2(1), xz(1)