CLOSEDIR
Updated: 2015-08-08
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NAME
closedir - close a directorySYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <dirent.h> int closedir(DIR *dirp);
DESCRIPTION
The closedir() function closes the directory stream associated with dirp. A successful call to closedir() also closes the underlying file descriptor associated with dirp. The directory stream descriptor dirp is not available after this call.RETURN VALUE
The closedir() function returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.ERRORS
- EBADF
- Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).Interface | Attribute | Value |
closedir() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.SEE ALSO
close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)COLOPHON
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- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- RETURN VALUE
- ERRORS
- ATTRIBUTES
- CONFORMING TO
- SEE ALSO
- COLOPHON