man3/rewinddir.3

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  10 .\" Modified 11 June 1995 by Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
  11 .TH REWINDDIR 3  2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  12 .SH NAME
  13 rewinddir \- reset directory stream
  14 .SH LIBRARY
  15 Standard C library
  16 .RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
  17 .SH SYNOPSIS
  18 .nf
  19 .B #include <sys/types.h>
  20 .B #include <dirent.h>
  21 .PP
  22 .BI "void rewinddir(DIR *" dirp );
  23 .fi
  24 .SH DESCRIPTION
  25 The
  26 .BR rewinddir ()
  27 function resets the position of the directory
  28 stream
  29 .I dirp
  30 to the beginning of the directory.
  31 .SH RETURN VALUE
  32 The
  33 .BR rewinddir ()
  34 function returns no value.
  35 .SH ATTRIBUTES
  36 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
  37 .BR attributes (7).
  38 .ad l
  39 .nh
  40 .TS
  41 allbox;
  42 lbx lb lb
  43 l l l.
  44 Interface       Attribute       Value
  45 T{
  46 .BR rewinddir ()
  47 T}      Thread safety   MT-Safe
  48 .TE
  49 .hy
  50 .ad
  51 .sp 1
  52 .SH CONFORMING TO
  53 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
  54 .SH SEE ALSO
  55 .BR closedir (3),
  56 .BR opendir (3),
  57 .BR readdir (3),
  58 .BR scandir (3),
  59 .BR seekdir (3),
  60 .BR telldir (3)