closeOut -- close an output file

Description

f << closeOut -- closes the output file f.
closeOut f -- closes the output file f.

Any buffered output is first written to the file, and the return value is an integer, normally 0, or -1 on error, or the return status of the child process in case the file was a pipe.

If the file was open only for output, then close is easier to use and has the same effect.

If the file was open for both input and output, it remains open for input.

Ways to use closeOut :

File << Manipulator -- see File << Thing -- print to a file
Nothing << Manipulator -- see File << Thing -- print to a file
Manipulator Database -- see Manipulator -- the class of all file manipulators
Manipulator File -- see Manipulator -- the class of all file manipulators
Manipulator Nothing -- see Manipulator -- the class of all file manipulators
new Manipulator from Function -- see Manipulator -- the class of all file manipulators
methods(Manipulator) -- see methods -- list methods
Manipulator NetFile -- see NetFile -- the class of all net files
NetFile << Manipulator -- see NetFile -- the class of all net files

For the programmer

The object closeOut is a manipulator.