minix man page for closedir

CLOSEDIR(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						       CLOSEDIR(3)

NAME
       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 |
       +-----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

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

COLOPHON
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								    2015-08-08							       CLOSEDIR(3)