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<node id="332" title="perlfunc:closedir" created="1999-08-24 18:43:22" updated="2005-08-15 08:27:04">
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perlfunc</type>
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gods</author>
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closedir - close directory handle

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closedir 
&lt;FONT SIZE=-1&gt;DIRHANDLE&lt;/FONT&gt;

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Closes a directory opened by [perlfunc:opendir|opendir()] and returns the success of that system call.

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&lt;FONT SIZE=-1&gt;DIRHANDLE&lt;/FONT&gt; may be an expression whose value can be used
as an indirect dirhandle, usually the real dirhandle name.

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