NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       closedir - close a directory

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <sys/types.h>

       #include <dirent.h>

       int closedir(DIR *dir);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  closedir()	function  closes  the directory stream associated with
       dir.  The directory stream descriptor dir is not available  after  this
       call.

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

       The closedir() function returns 0 on success or -1 on failure.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

       EBADF  Invalid directory stream descriptor dir.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       close(2), opendir(3), readdir(3), rewinddir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3),
       scandir(3)



				  1995-06-11			   CLOSEDIR(3)