closedir3
Close a directory
Usage
#include <sys/types.h> #include <dirent.h>
int closedir(DIR *dirp);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
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
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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 |
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 13 times.