rewinddir(3)

rewinddir3

Reset directory stream

Usage

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>

void rewinddir(DIR *dirp);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

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

Return value

The rewinddir() function returns no value.

Attributes

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
rewinddir()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Releases

19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 14 times.

  1. 1.1–1.3
  2. 2.0–2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1
  5. 4.0
  6. 5.0
  7. 6.0
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. Arch

Standards

POSIX.1-2008.

History

POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.