REWINDDIR(3P)                                       POSIX Programmer's Manual                                      REWINDDIR(3P)



PROLOG
       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (con-
       sult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface  may  not  be  implemented  on
       Linux.

NAME
       rewinddir - reset the position of a directory stream to the beginning of a directory

SYNOPSIS
       #include <dirent.h>

       void rewinddir(DIR *dirp);


DESCRIPTION
       The  rewinddir()  function  shall reset the position of the directory stream to which dirp refers to the beginning of the
       directory. It shall also cause the directory stream to refer to the current state of the corresponding  directory,  as  a
       call to opendir() would have done. If dirp does not refer to a directory stream, the effect is undefined.

       After  a  call  to  the  fork() function, either the parent or child (but not both) may continue processing the directory
       stream using readdir(), rewinddir(), or seekdir().  If both the parent and  child  processes  use  these  functions,  the
       result is undefined.

RETURN VALUE
       The rewinddir() function shall not return a value.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       The  rewinddir() function should be used in conjunction with opendir(), readdir(), and closedir() to examine the contents
       of the directory. This method is recommended for portability.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       closedir(), opendir(), readdir(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <dirent.h> <sys/types.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003  Edition,  Standard  for
       Information  Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copy-
       right (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any
       discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard  is  the  referee   document.   The   original   Standard   can   be   obtained   online   at   http://www.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                 REWINDDIR(3P)