Operator Reference
close_io_device (Operator)
close_io_device
— Close the specified I/O device.
Signature
close_io_device( : : IODeviceHandle : )
Description
The operator close_io_device
closes the I/O device specified
by IODeviceHandle
. In particular, all associated channels
are closed (i.e., close_io_channel
is called implicitly on
all channels that had been opened for this device) and allocated
memory for data buffers is released.
Execution Information
- Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
- Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
- Processed without parallelization.
This operator modifies the state of the following input parameter:
During execution of this operator, access to the value of this parameter must be synchronized if it is used across multiple threads.
Parameters
IODeviceHandle
(input_control, state is modified) io_device →
(handle)
Handle of the opened I/O device.
Result
If the parameters are valid, the operator
close_io_device
returns the value 2 (
H_MSG_TRUE)
. If necessary an
exception is raised. In this case, an extended error information may be
set and can be queried with the operator get_extended_error_info
.
Possible Predecessors
Module
Foundation