NAME

closedir - 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 VALUE

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.

 EXAMPLES

None.

 APPLICATION USAGE

None.

 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

 SEE ALSO

opendir(), <dirent.h>, <sys/types.h>.