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.TH closedir 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.8"
.SH NAME
closedir \- close a directory
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/types.h>
.B #include <dirent.h>
.P
.BI "int closedir(DIR *" dirp );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR closedir ()
function closes the directory stream associated with
.IR dirp .
A successful call to
.BR closedir ()
also closes the underlying file descriptor associated with
.IR dirp .
The directory stream descriptor
.I dirp
is not available
after this call.
.SH RETURN VALUE
The
.BR closedir ()
function returns 0 on success.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EBADF
Invalid directory stream descriptor
.IR dirp .
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR closedir ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR close (2),
.BR opendir (3),
.BR readdir (3),
.BR rewinddir (3),
.BR scandir (3),
.BR seekdir (3),
.BR telldir (3)