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)