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NAME
closedir - close a directory
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
int closedir(DIR *dirp);
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 appropriately.
ERRORS
| EBADF | Invalid directory stream descriptor dirp. |
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| Thread safety | MT-Safe |
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
