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From:
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: FD state after close(2) error?
To:
Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.org>
Cc:
Tech-OpenBSD <tech@openbsd.org>
Date:
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:59:31 -0600

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> Whereas in close(2), in case of any error, the requested file is, in
> fact, closed.

It is a file descriptor, not a file.


The sentence is precise and decades old.