closedir

CLOSEDIR(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               CLOSEDIR(3)



NAME
       closedir - close a directory

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>

       #include <dirent.h>

       int closedir(DIR *dir);

DESCRIPTION
       The  closedir()  function  closes  the directory stream associated with
       dir.  The directory stream descriptor dir is not available  after  this
       call.

RETURN VALUE
       The closedir() function returns 0 on success or -1 on failure.

ERRORS
       EBADF  Invalid directory stream descriptor dir.

CONFORMING TO
       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO
       close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3),
       scandir(3)



                                  1995-06-11                       CLOSEDIR(3)