man_3_closedir.txt

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.

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌───────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface  │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├───────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │closedir() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └───────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

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

COLOPHON
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                                          2015-08-08                               CLOSEDIR(3)