CLOSEDIR(3)
Linux Programmer’s Manual
CLOSEDIR(3)
NAME
closedir − close a directory
SYNOPSIS
#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.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)
COLOPHON
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2008-09-23
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