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closedir(3) Library Functions Manual closedir(3)
NAME
closedir - close a directory
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
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 re-
turned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
EBADF Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at-
tributes(7).
+--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
|closedir() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
+--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3),
telldir(3)
Linux man-pages 6.04 2023-03-30 closedir(3)
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