PERL closedir Function

Syntax

closedir DIRHANDLE

Definition and Usage

Closes the directory handle DIRHANDLE.

Return Value

• 0 on failure
• 1 on success

Example

ut following example:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w $dirname = "/tmp"; opendir ( DIR, $dirname ) || die "Error in opening dir $dirnamen"; while( ($filename = readdir(DIR))){ print("$filenamen"); } closedir(DIR);

It will produce following results:

. .. testdir