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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 (consult 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(), fdopendir(), readdir()
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <dirent.h>, <sys_types.h>
COPYRIGHT
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       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
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       POSIX.1-2008  with  the  2013  Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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