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rewinddir(3)            Library Functions Manual            rewinddir(3)

NAME         top

       rewinddir - reset directory stream

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

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 │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS         top

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO         top

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

COLOPHON         top

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                   rewinddir(3)

Pages that refer to this page: closedir(3),  dirfd(3),  opendir(3),  readdir(3),  scandir(3),  seekdir(3),  telldir(3)

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