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| EBADF | Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp. |
NAME
closedir - close a directory
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
bash
#include <sys/types.h>\n
\n#include <dirent.h>bash
int closedir(DIR *\ndirp\n);DESCRIPTION
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
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 |
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)