closedir(3)                Library Functions Manual                closedir(3)

NAME
       closedir - close a directory

LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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 to indicate the error.

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 |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
STANDARDS
       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
       POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

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

Linux man-pages 6.7               2023-10-31                       closedir(3)