Closes a pipe to a process.
Format
#include <stdio.h>
int pclose (FILE *stream);
Arguments
- stream
- A pointer to a FILE structure for an open pipe returned by a
previous call to the popen function.
Description
This function closes a pipe between the calling program and
a shell command to be executed. Use pclose to close any stream you
have opened with popen. The pclose function waits for the associated
process to end, and then returns the exit status of the command.
See the description of waitpid for information on interpreting the
return value.
See also popen in this section.
Return Values
| x | Exit status of child. |
| -1 | Indicates an error. The
stream argument is not associated with a popen function.
errno is set to one of the following:
- ECHILD - cannot obtain the status of the child process.
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