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shutdown(3SOCKET)	   Sockets Library Functions	     shutdown(3SOCKET)

NAME
       shutdown - shut down part of a full-duplex connection

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

       int shutdown(int s, int how);

DESCRIPTION
       The  shutdown() call shuts down all or part of a full-duplex connection
       on the socket associated with s. If how is  SHUT_RD,  further  receives
       are  disallowed.	  If  how is SHUT_WR, further sends are disallowed. If
       how is SHUT_RDWR, further sends and receives are disallowed.

       The how values should be defined constants.

RETURN VALUES
       0 is returned if the call succeeds.

       −1 is returned if the call fails.

ERRORS
       The call succeeds unless one of the following conditions exists:

       EBADF		       The s value is not a valid file descriptor.

       ENOMEM		       Insufficient user memory is available  for  the
			       operation to complete.

       ENOSR		       Insufficient  STREAMS  resources	 are available
			       for the operation to complete.

       ENOTCONN		       The specified socket is not connected.

       ENOTSOCK		       The s value is not a socket.

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

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │MT-Level		     │Safe			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       connect(3SOCKET), socket(3SOCKET), socket.h(3HEAD), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10			  31 Jan 2005		     shutdown(3SOCKET)

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