Name
closedir - close a directoryLibrary
Standard C library ( libc ", " -lc )Synopsis
#include <sys/types.h> #include <dirent.h> int closedir(DIR * dirp );
Description
The closedir() function closes the directory stream associated withdirp
. 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 |
T} | Thread safety | MT-Safe |