-@node DATA LIST, END CASE, CLEAR TRANSFORMATIONS, Data Input and Output
+@node CLOSE FILE HANDLE
+@section CLOSE FILE HANDLE
+
+@display
+CLOSE FILE HANDLE handle_name.
+@end display
+
+@cmd{CLOSE FILE HANDLE} disassociates the name of a file handle with a
+given file. The only specification is the name of the handle to close.
+Afterward
+@cmd{FILE HANDLE}.
+
+If the file handle name refers to a scratch file, then the storage
+associated with the scratch file in memory or on disk will be freed.
+If the scratch file is in use, e.g.@: it has been specified on a
+@cmd{GET} command whose execution has not completed, then freeing is
+delayed until it is no longer in use.
+
+The file named INLINE, which represents data entered between @cmd{BEGIN
+DATA} and @cmd{END DATA}, cannot be closed. Attempts to close it with
+@cmd{CLOSE FILE HANDLE} have no effect.
+
+@cmd{CLOSE FILE HANDLE} is a PSPP extension.
+
+@node DATA LIST