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1 <refentry id="func-close">
2   <refmeta>
3     <refentrytitle>V4L2 close()</refentrytitle>
4     &manvol;
5   </refmeta>
7   <refnamediv>
8     <refname>v4l2-close</refname>
9     <refpurpose>Close a V4L2 device</refpurpose>
10   </refnamediv>
12   <refsynopsisdiv>
13     <funcsynopsis>
14       <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;unistd.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
15       <funcprototype>
16         <funcdef>int <function>close</function></funcdef>
17         <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
18       </funcprototype>
19     </funcsynopsis>
20   </refsynopsisdiv>
22   <refsect1>
23     <title>Arguments</title>
25     <variablelist>
26       <varlistentry>
27         <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
28         <listitem>
29           <para>&fd;</para>
30         </listitem>
31       </varlistentry>
32     </variablelist>
33   </refsect1>
35   <refsect1>
36     <title>Description</title>
38     <para>Closes the device. Any I/O in progress is terminated and
39 resources associated with the file descriptor are freed. However data
40 format parameters, current input or output, control values or other
41 properties remain unchanged.</para>
42   </refsect1>
44   <refsect1>
45     <title>Return Value</title>
47     <para>The function returns <returnvalue>0</returnvalue> on
48 success, <returnvalue>-1</returnvalue> on failure and the
49 <varname>errno</varname> is set appropriately. Possible error
50 codes:</para>
52     <variablelist>
53       <varlistentry>
54         <term><errorcode>EBADF</errorcode></term>
55         <listitem>
56           <para><parameter>fd</parameter> is not a valid open file
57 descriptor.</para>
58         </listitem>
59       </varlistentry>
60     </variablelist>
61   </refsect1>
62 </refentry>
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