closedir(3C) Standard C Library Functions closedir(3C)NAMEclosedir - 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 TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Standard │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOopendir(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 24 Jul 2002 closedir(3C)
