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.TH "IO.close" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
IO::close \- Close a file.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B Void close(
\fIFile handle\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "handle"
Close a file handle
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Close a file handle after you no longer need it. It is strongly recommended that you do not close the three standard file handles - use
.B "IO.reopen"(3kaya)
to open them onto
\fB/dev/null \fP
instead.
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.