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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/butl/fdstream b/butl/fdstream
index 9c7274d..289d925 100644
--- a/butl/fdstream
+++ b/butl/fdstream
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
namespace butl
{
// RAII type for file descriptors. Note that failure to close the descriptor
- // is silently ignored by both the destructor and reset() (thought we could
- // probably provide the close() function that throws).
+ // is silently ignored by both the destructor and reset().
//
// The descriptor can be negative. Such a descriptor is treated as unopened
// and is not closed.
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ namespace butl
struct nullfd_t {constexpr explicit nullfd_t (int) {}};
constexpr const nullfd_t nullfd (-1);
- class auto_fd
+ class LIBBUTL_EXPORT auto_fd
{
public:
auto_fd (nullfd_t = nullfd): fd_ (-1) {}
@@ -53,6 +52,12 @@ namespace butl
void
reset (int fd = -1) noexcept;
+ // Close an open file descriptor. Throw ios::failure on failure. The object
+ // become unopened whenever the exception is thrown or not.
+ //
+ void
+ close ();
+
private:
int fd_;
};