gtpc2m0x | C/C++ Language Support User's Guide |
This function closes a directory.
Format
#include <dirent.h> int closedir(DIR *dir);
This function closes the directory indicated by dir and frees the buffer that the readdir function uses when reading the directory stream.
Normal Return
If successful, the closedir function returns 0.
Error Return
If unsuccessful, the closedir function returns -1 and sets errno to the following:
Programming Considerations
None.
Examples
The following example closes a directory.
#include <dirent.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <stdio.h> main() { DIR *dir; struct dirent *entry; int count; if ((dir = opendir("/")) == NULL) perror("opendir() error"); else { count = 0; while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) { printf("directory entry %03d: %s\n", ++count, entry->d_name); } closedir(dir); } }
Output
directory entry 001: . directory entry 002: .. directory entry 003: dev directory entry 004: etc directory entry 005: lib directory entry 006: tmp directory entry 007: u directory entry 008: usr
Related Information
See Appendix E, Programming Support for the TPF File System for more information about TPF File System C Functions.