_pclose
Waits for a new command processor and closes the stream on the associated pipe.
int _pclose( FILE *stream );
Parameters
- stream
-
Return value from the previous call to _popen.
Returns the exit status of the terminating command processor, or –1 if an error occurs. The format of the return value is the same as that for _cwait, except the low-order and high-order bytes are swapped. If stream is NULL, _pclose sets errno to EINVAL and returns -1.
For information about these and other error codes, see _doserrno, errno, _sys_errlist, and _sys_nerr.
The _pclose function looks up the process ID of the command processor (Cmd.exe) started by the associated _popen call, executes a _cwait call on the new command processor, and closes the stream on the associated pipe.
| Routine | Required header | Compatibility |
|---|---|---|
| _pclose | <stdio.h> | Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 |
For more compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.
Libraries
All versions of the C run-time libraries.
Not applicable. To call the standard C function, use PInvoke. For more information, see Platform Invoke Examples.
