close Method

Class: IO

Description

This method closes a device based on the fileName and directory properties in the IO class. In addition, this method assigns the empty string to the device property.

Syntax

do objectName.close()

Parameters

None

Returns

None

When Became Available

v6.4

Example

type IO io = Class.new(“IO”)

set io.directory = ”/unix_directory/spool”

set io.fileName = ”TEST.txt”

set io.openParams = ”NEWV/WRITE”

set io.timeout = 5

 

do io.open()

type String TEXT

set TEXT = ”This is a file created using IO class methods.”

do io.write(TEXT)

do io.close()

 

* The value of the directory property must be a valid directory path.