@section @code{close}
@findex close
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/close.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/close.html}
Gnulib module: close
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
+This function crashes when invoked with invalid arguments on some platforms:
+MSVC 9.
+@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{socket} and @code{accept}
do not return file descriptors that can be closed by @code{close}.
Instead, @code{closesocket} must be used.