PROLOG

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface
       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       closedir — close a directory stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <dirent.h>

       int closedir(DIR *dirp);

DESCRIPTION

       The  closedir() function shall close 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 shall be closed.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon  successful  completion, closedir() shall return 0; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno 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.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

   Closing a Directory Stream
       The following program fragment demonstrates how the closedir() function is used.

           ...
               DIR *dir;
               struct dirent *dp;
           ...
               if ((dir = opendir (".")) == NULL) {
           ...
               }

               while ((dp = readdir (dir)) != NULL) {
           ...
               }

               closedir(dir);
           ...

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       dirfd(), fdopendir()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <dirent.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original
       IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee  document.
       The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

IEEE/The Open Group                                   2017                                      CLOSEDIR(3POSIX)