##### cppreference.com

##### Search

Create account

##### Namespaces

- Page
- Discussion

##### Variants

##### Views

- View
- Edit
- History

##### Actions

# std::basic_ofstream::close

From cppreference.com
< cpp‎ | io‎ | basic ofstream

[edit template]

void close(); |  |

Closes the associated file.

Effectively calls `rdbuf()->close()`. If an error occurs during operation, setstate(failbit) is called.

### [edit] Parameters

(none)

### [edit] Return value

(none)

### [edit] Notes

This function is called by the destructor of basic_ofstream when the stream object goes out of scope and is not usually invoked directly.

### [edit] Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### [edit] See also

is_open | checks if the stream has an associated file (public member function) [edit]
open | opens a file and associates it with the stream (public member function) [edit]
close | flushes the put area buffer and closes the associated file (public member function of `std::basic_filebuf`) [edit]

Retrieved from "http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/io/basic_ofstream/close&oldid=50850"
Category:

- Todo no example