closedir (3) Linux Manual Page
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 |
| closedir() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |