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shutdown()

Shut down part of a full-duplex connection

Synopsis:

#include <sys/socket.h>

int shutdown( int s, 
              int how );

Arguments:

s

A descriptor for the socket, as returned by socket().

how

How you want to shut down the connection:

If how is:	The TCP/IP manager won't allow:
SHUT_RD	Further receives
SHUT_WR	Further sends
SHUT_RDWR	Further sends and receives

Library:

libsocket

Use the -l socket option to qcc to link against this library.

Description:

The shutdown() call shuts down all or part of a full-duplex connection on the socket associated with s.

Returns:

0

Success.

-1

An error occurred (errno is set).

Errors:

EBADF

Invalid descriptor s.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1

See also:

close(), connect(), socket()