shutdown(3XNET) X/Open Networking Services Library Functions shutdown(3XNET)NAMEshutdown - 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 fol‐
lows:
SHUT_RD Disables further receive operations.
SHUT_WR Disables further send operations.
SHUT_RDWR Disables further send and receive oper‐
ations.
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 perform 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 │Standard │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOgetsockopt(3XNET), recv(3XNET), recvfrom(3XNET), recvmsg(3XNET),
select(3C), send(3XNET), sendto(3XNET), setsockopt(3XNET),
socket(3XNET), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 10 Jun 2002 shutdown(3XNET)
