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<h4> close_file</h4>
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<b>DESCRIPTION</b>
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<dd>   Closes files that are opened by: open_namelist_file, open restart_file,
   and open_ieee32_file. Users should use mpp_close for other cases. </dd>
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<td valign="top" align="left"><tt>unit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td>   unit number of the file to be closed <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="type">[integer]</span></td>
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