Synopsis: $close() Technical: This function unbinds the given file descriptor (previously returned by the $open() function) from the underlying file, causing the file to be committed to disk if necessary. An error is returned if it is passed a file descriptor not produced by an $open() call. Practical: This function is used to close a file that was opened for reading or writing by $open(). Data corruption may result if the client exits before all open files are closed. Returns: -1 error 0 file closed successfully See Also: open(6); read(6); write(6)