CLOSEDIR(3) manual page
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closedir - close a directory
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int closedir(DIR *dirp);
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.
The closedir()
function returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set
appropriately.
- EBADF
- Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.
close(2)
, opendir(3)
, readdir(3)
, rewinddir(3)
,
scandir(3)
, seekdir(3)
, telldir(3)
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