closedir - close a directory
Standard C library (
libc,
-lc)
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int closedir(DIR *dirp);
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.
The
closedir() function returns 0 on success. On error, -1 is returned,
and
errno is set to indicate the error.
- EBADF
- Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
Interface |
Attribute |
Value |
closedir () |
Thread safety |
MT-Safe |
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
close(2),
opendir(3),
readdir(3),
rewinddir(3),
scandir(3),
seekdir(3),
telldir(3)