2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 9adaac40d56e..0352754f592c 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ AutoCloseDir::AutoCloseDir(DIR * dir)
 
 AutoCloseDir::~AutoCloseDir()
 {
-    if (dir) closedir(dir);
+    close();
 }
 
 
@@ -717,6 +717,14 @@ AutoCloseDir::operator DIR *()
 }
 
 
+void AutoCloseDir::close()
+{
+    if (dir) {
+	closedir(dir);
+	dir = 0;
+    }
+}
+
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index f86290f31694..a1cf68e69d1c 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ public:
     ~AutoCloseDir();
     void operator =(DIR * dir);
     operator DIR *();
+    void close();
 };