1closedir(3)                Library Functions Manual                closedir(3)
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NAME

6       closedir - close a directory
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LIBRARY

9       Standard C library (libc, -lc)
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SYNOPSIS

12       #include <sys/types.h>
13       #include <dirent.h>
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15       int closedir(DIR *dirp);
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DESCRIPTION

18       The  closedir()  function  closes  the directory stream associated with
19       dirp.  A successful call to closedir() also closes the underlying  file
20       descriptor  associated with dirp.  The directory stream descriptor dirp
21       is not available after this call.
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RETURN VALUE

24       The closedir() function returns 0 on success.   On  error,  -1  is  re‐
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ERRORS

28       EBADF  Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.
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ATTRIBUTES

31       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see at‐
32       tributes(7).
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35       │Interface                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
36       ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
37       │closedir()                                  │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
38       └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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STANDARDS

41       POSIX.1-2008.
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HISTORY

44       POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
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SEE ALSO

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