rewinddir(3) Library Functions Manual rewinddir(3)

rewinddir - reset directory stream

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
void rewinddir(DIR *dirp);

The rewinddir() function resets the position of the directory stream dirp to the beginning of the directory.

The rewinddir() function returns no value.

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface Attribute Value
rewinddir () Thread safety MT-Safe

POSIX.1-2008.

POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)

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