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rewinddir - reset file position indicator to start of directory stream

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Syntax

#include <dirent.h>

Optional
#include <sys/types.h> (End)

void rewinddir(DIR *dirp);

Description

rewinddir() resets the position of the directory stream to which dirp refers to the
beginning of the directory. It also causes 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.

Notes

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

rewinddir() is executed only for POSIX files.

See also

closedir(), opendir(), readdir(), dirent.h, sys/types.h.