[#AutoFile-release]
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Get wrapped FILE* with transfer of ownership.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<streams.h>`

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FILE*
release();
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== Description

[NOTE]
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This will invalidate the AutoFile object, and makes it the responsibility of the caller of this function to clean up the returned FILE*.

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== Return Value

The wrapped FILE*, which may be nullptr; the AutoFile no longer owns it.


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