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          the descriptor.
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<pre class="programlisting">void <a class="link" href="close/overload1.html" title="posix::descriptor::close (1 of 2 overloads)">close</a>();
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void <a class="link" href="close/overload2.html" title="posix::descriptor::close (2 of 2 overloads)">close</a>(
    boost::syste