NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

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

NAME         top

       rewinddir - reset directory stream

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <dirent.h>
       void rewinddir(DIR *dirp);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The rewinddir() function resets the position of the directory stream
       dirp to the beginning of the directory.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The rewinddir() function returns no value.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface   Attribute     Value   │
       ├────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │rewinddir() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO         top

       closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3),
       telldir(3)

COLOPHON         top

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                                 2015-08-08                     REWINDDIR(3)

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