**CIGAL Reference Manual, Chapter 2 (Commands): CLOSE**
===== CLOSE -- Close an open file or data channel =====
**        usage:  close object**

The CLOSE command is used to close a file or an output channel that has been previously opened by the [[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter2:open|OPEN(2)]] command.  The "object" to be closed can either be a filename or the name of one of the internally defined I/O channels such as:
               OUTPUT             JOURNAL         PRINTER
               DEBUG              ERROR           TERMINAL

If a filename is specified, then CLOSE closes the file and reassigns
all output channels assigned to that file to their default devices.
If a channel is specified, then CLOSE finds the filename associated with
that channel and reassigns the channel to its default output device.  If
that file is not being used for any other purpose then the file is closed.
However, if the file is being used for another channel then CLOSE does not
actually close the file, it simply stops using it for the named channel.

For example:
               open journal 'jfile'       ; keep journal of all cmds in JFILE
               open debug 'jfile'         ; send debugging messages to JFILE
               open error 'jfile'         ; send error messages to JFILE
               open output 'jfile'        ; send standard output to JFILE
               ...
               close output               ; send standard output to terminal
               close 'jfile'              ; close JFILE, turn off JOURNAL,
                                          ; send debugging and error messages
                                          ; to terminal
  
**See Also:**\\
[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:files|FILES(1)]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter2:open|OPEN(2)]]

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