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NAME

13       rewinddir — reset the position of a directory stream to  the  beginning
14       of a directory
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SYNOPSIS

17       #include <dirent.h>
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19       void rewinddir(DIR *dirp);
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DESCRIPTION

22       The  rewinddir()  function  shall  reset  the position of the directory
23       stream to which dirp refers to the beginning of the directory. It shall
24       also  cause  the  directory stream to refer to the current state of the
25       corresponding directory, as a call to opendir()  would  have  done.  If
26       dirp does not refer to a directory stream, the effect is undefined.
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28       After  a  call  to the fork() function, either the parent or child (but
29       not both) may continue processing the directory stream using readdir(),
30       rewinddir(),  or seekdir().  If both the parent and child processes use
31       these functions, the result is undefined.
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RETURN VALUE

34       The rewinddir() function shall not return a value.
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ERRORS

37       No errors are defined.
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EXAMPLES

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APPLICATION USAGE

45       The rewinddir() function should be used in conjunction with  opendir(),
46       readdir(),  and  closedir()  to  examine the contents of the directory.
47       This method is recommended for portability.
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RATIONALE

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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SEE ALSO

56       closedir(), fdopendir(), readdir()
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58       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <dirent.h>, <sys_types.h>
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