[sqlite] is it o.k. to close database handle in both child and parent

[Ara.T.Howard]

say you have the following logic:
  begin transaction in parent
  if pid = fork
    ....
    commit transaction
    close database
  else
    close database
    ...
  end
should this be o.k.?  i notice the unlink of the db-journal will happen twice
- which should be o.k.  but will flush/sync operations happen twice?  my code
that does this seems to work fine - but i'm wondering what the 'official'
answer would be.
kind regards.
-a
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