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Disassociate this stream buffer from its file descriptor without closing it&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdls&lowbar;fdstreambuf&period;h&gt;`

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void
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== Description

Disassociate this file handler from any file descriptor with which it may be associated without closing that file descriptor&period; This method succeeds with no effect is `isOpened` was false&period; Note that `fileDescriptor` is `FilesystemUtil&colon;&colon;k&lowbar;INVALID&lowbar;FD` after this call&period;


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