NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | CONFORMING TO | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

CLOSEDIR(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                   CLOSEDIR(3)

NAME         top

       closedir - close a directory

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <sys/types.h>

       #include <dirent.h>

       int closedir(DIR *dirp);

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       The closedir() function returns 0 on success.  On error, -1 is returned, and
       errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS         top

       EBADF  Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.

CONFORMING TO         top

       SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO         top

       close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3),
       telldir(3)

COLOPHON         top

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       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                      2008-09-23                          CLOSEDIR(3)