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shutdown(3XNET)	 X/Open Networking Services Library Functions  shutdown(3XNET)

NAME
       shutdown - shut down socket send and receive operations

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lxnet [ library ... ]
       #include <sys/socket.h>

       int shutdown(int socket, int how);

DESCRIPTION
       The shutdown() function disables subsequent send() and receive() opera‐
       tions on a socket, depending on the value of the how argument.

PARAMETERS
       how	 Specifies the type of shutdown.  The values are as follows:

		 SHUT_RD      Disables further receive operations.

		 SHUT_WR      Disables further send operations.

		 SHUT_RDWR    Disables further send and receive operations.

       socket	 Specifies the file descriptor of the socket.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon successful completion, shutdown() returns  0.   Otherwise,	−1  is
       returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       The shutdown() function will fail if:

       EBADF	   The socket argument is not a valid file descriptor.

       EINVAL	   The how argument is invalid.

       ENOTCONN	   The socket is not connected.

       ENOTSOCK	   The socket argument does not refer to a socket.

       The shutdown() function may fail if:

       ENOBUFS	  Insufficient	resources were available in the system to per‐
		  form the operation.

       ENOSR	  There were insufficient STREAMS resources available for  the
		  operation to complete.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Committed			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │MT-Level		     │MT-Safe			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Standard		     │See standards(5).		   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       getsockopt(3XNET),    recv(3XNET),   recvfrom(3XNET),   recvmsg(3XNET),
       select(3C),     send(3XNET),	sendto(3XNET),	    setsockopt(3XNET),
       socket(3XNET), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11			  10 Jun 2002		       shutdown(3XNET)
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