###### (This is the legacy documentation for SDL2, the previous stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current stable version.)
# SDL_RWclose

Close and free an allocated [SDL_RWops](SDL_RWops) structure.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_rwops.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_rwops.h)

## Syntax

```c
int SDL_RWclose(SDL_RWops *context);
```

## Function Parameters

|                          |             |                                            |
| ------------------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| [SDL_RWops](SDL_RWops) * | **context** | [SDL_RWops](SDL_RWops) structure to close. |

## Return Value

(int) Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call
[SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)() for more information.

## Remarks

[SDL_RWclose](SDL_RWclose)() closes and cleans up the
[SDL_RWops](SDL_RWops) stream. It releases any resources used by the stream
and frees the [SDL_RWops](SDL_RWops) itself with
[SDL_FreeRW](SDL_FreeRW)(). This returns 0 on success, or -1 if the stream
failed to flush to its output (e.g. to disk).

Note that if this fails to flush the stream to disk, this function reports
an error, but the [SDL_RWops](SDL_RWops) is still invalid once this
function returns.

Prior to SDL 2.0.10, this function was a macro.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.10.

## See Also

- [SDL_RWFromConstMem](SDL_RWFromConstMem)
- [SDL_RWFromFile](SDL_RWFromFile)
- [SDL_RWFromFP](SDL_RWFromFP)
- [SDL_RWFromMem](SDL_RWFromMem)
- [SDL_RWread](SDL_RWread)
- [SDL_RWseek](SDL_RWseek)
- [SDL_RWwrite](SDL_RWwrite)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryRWOPS](CategoryRWOPS)