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Standard C Library Functionsclosedir(3C)


NAME

 closedir - close a directory stream

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

 

The closedir() function closes the directory stream referred to by the argument dirp. Upon return, the value of dirp may no longer point to an accessible object of the type DIR. If a file descriptor is used to implement type DIR, that file descriptor will be closed.

RETURN VALUES

 

Upon successful completion, closedir() returns 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

 

The closedir() function may fail if:

EBADF
The dirp argument does not refer to an open directory stream.
EINTR
The closedir() function was interrupted by a signal.

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelSafe

SEE ALSO

 

opendir(3C), attributes(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 29 Dec 1996

 
      
      
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