CLOSEDIR(3) | Linux Programmer's Manual | CLOSEDIR(3) |
NAME
closedir - close a directorySYNOPSIS
#include<sys/types.h>
<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.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD.SEE ALSO
close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.2008-09-23 |