rewinddir(3) Library Functions Manual rewinddir(3)
NAME
rewinddir - reset directory stream
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
void rewinddir(DIR *dirp);
DESCRIPTION
The rewinddir() function resets the position of the directory stream
dirp to the beginning of the directory.
RETURN VALUE
The rewinddir() function returns no value.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attrib-
utes(7).
┌───────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├───────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ rewinddir() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
closedir(3), opendir(3), readdir(3), scandir(3), seekdir(3), telldir(3)
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