cec-func-close.rst

.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-

.. _cec-func-close:

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cec close()
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Name
====

cec-close - Close a cec device


Synopsis
========

.. code-block:: c

    #include <unistd.h>


.. cpp:function:: int close( int fd )

Arguments
=========

``fd``
    File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.


Description
===========

.. note:: This documents the proposed CEC API. This API is not yet finalized
   and is currently only available as a staging kernel module.

Closes the cec device. Resources associated with the file descriptor are
freed. The device configuration remain unchanged.


Return Value
============

:c:func:`close()` returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is returned, and
``errno`` is set appropriately. Possible error codes are:

``EBADF``
    ``fd`` is not a valid open file descriptor.