the resources associated with the open file description are freed;
if the descriptor was the last reference to a file which has been
removed using
-.BR unlink (2)
+.BR unlink (2),
the file is deleted.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR close ()
It is not common for a filesystem
to flush the buffers when the stream is closed.
If you need to be sure that
-the data is physically stored use
+the data is physically stored, use
.BR fsync (2).
(It will depend on the disk hardware at this point.)
.PP
.BR shutdown (2),
.BR unlink (2),
.BR fclose (3)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.64 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+and information about reporting bugs,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.