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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>closedir - close a directory stream</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_81_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<p><code><tt>#include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/dirent.h.html">dirent.h</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
int closedir(DIR *</tt><i>dirp</i><tt>);<br>
</tt></code></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
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<p>The <i>closedir</i>() function shall close the directory stream referred to by the argument <i>dirp</i>. Upon return, the value
of <i>dirp</i> may no longer point to an accessible object of the type <b>DIR</b>. If a file descriptor is used to implement type
<b>DIR</b>, that file descriptor shall be closed.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
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<p>Upon successful completion, <i>closedir</i>() shall return 0; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and <i>errno</i> set to indicate
the error.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
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<p>The <i>closedir</i>() function may fail if:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>[EBADF]</dt>
<dd>The <i>dirp</i> argument does not refer to an open directory stream.</dd>
<dt>[EINTR]</dt>
<dd>The <i>closedir</i>() function was interrupted by a signal.</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_81_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<h5><a name="tag_03_81_06_01"></a>Closing a Directory Stream</h5>
<p>The following program fragment demonstrates how the <i>closedir</i>() function is used.</p>
<pre>
<tt>...
DIR *dir;
struct dirent *dp;
...
if ((dir = opendir (".")) == NULL) {
...
}
<br>
while ((dp = readdir (dir)) != NULL) {
...
}
<br>
closedir(dir);
...
</tt>
</pre>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p><a href="opendir.html"><i>opendir</i>()</a> , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../basedefs/dirent.h.html"><i>&lt;dirent.h&gt;</i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 2.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_81_12"></a>Issue 6</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>In the SYNOPSIS, the optional include of the <a href="../basedefs/sys/types.h.html"><i>&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</i></a> header is
removed.</p>
<p>The following new requirements on POSIX implementations derive from alignment with the Single UNIX Specification:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>The requirement to include <a href="../basedefs/sys/types.h.html"><i>&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</i></a> has been removed. Although <a
href="../basedefs/sys/types.h.html"><i>&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</i></a> was required for conforming implementations of previous POSIX
specifications, it was not required for UNIX applications.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The [EINTR] error condition is added as an optional error condition.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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