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instance method

Dir#close

() -> nil

close → nil

static VALUE
dir_close(VALUE dir)
{
    struct dir_data *dirp;

    dirp = dir_get(dir);
    if (!dirp->dir) return Qnil;
    close_dir_data(dirp);

    return Qnil;
}

Closes the stream in self, if it is open, and returns nil; ignored if self is already closed:

Example

dir = Dir.new('example')
dir.read     # => "."
dir.close     # => nil
dir.close     # => nil
dir.read # Raises IOError.

See also #children #each #chdir #each_child also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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