<!--$Id: env_close.so,v 11.10 1999/12/20 08:52:35 bostic Exp $--> <!--$Id: m4.tcl,v 11.17 2000/04/24 17:31:11 sue Exp $--> <!--Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 by Sleepycat Software, Inc.--> <!--All rights reserved.--> <html> <head> <title>Berkeley DB: env close</title> <meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> <meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,b+tree,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,java,C,C++"> </head> <body bgcolor=white> <a name="2"><!--meow--></a> <table><tr valign=top> <td> <h1><i>env</i> <b>close</b></h1> </td> <td width="1%"> <a href="../api_tcl/tcl_index.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <hr size=1 noshade> <tt> <h3><pre>env close </pre></h3> <h1>Description</h1> <p>Close the Berkeley DB environment, freeing any allocated resources and closing any underlying subsystems. <p>This does not imply closing any databases that were opened in the environment. <p>Where the environment was initialized with the <b>-lock</b> option, calling <i>env</i> <b>close</b> does not release any locks still held by the closing process, providing functionality for long-lived locks. <p>Once <i>env</i> <b>close</b> has been called the <b>env</b> handle may not be accessed again. <p>The <i>env</i> <b>close</b> command returns 0 on success, and in the case of error, a Tcl error is thrown. </tt> <table><tr><td><br></td><td width="1%"> <a href="../api_tcl/tcl_index.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> </td></tr></table> <p><font size=1><a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Copyright Sleepycat Software</a></font> </body> </html>