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.
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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