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CLOSEDIR
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2015-08-08
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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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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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