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SHUTDOWN(3P) POSIX Programmer's ManualSHUTDOWN(3P)This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
shutdown — shut down socket send and receive operations
#include <sys/socket.h> int shutdown(intsocket, inthow);
Theshutdown() function shall cause all or part of a full-duplex connection on the socket associated with the file descriptorsocket to be shut down. Theshutdown() function takes the following arguments:socket Specifies the file descriptor of the socket.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. Theshutdown() function disables subsequent send and/or receive operations on a socket, depending on the value of thehow argument.
Upon successful completion,shutdown() shall return 0; otherwise, -1 shall be returned anderrno set to indicate the error.
Theshutdown() function shall fail if:EBADFThesocket argument is not a valid file descriptor.EINVALThehow argument is invalid.ENOTCONN The socket is not connected.ENOTSOCK Thesocket argument does not refer to a socket. Theshutdown() function may fail if:ENOBUFS Insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation.The following sections are informative.
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getsockopt(3p),pselect(3p),read(3p),recv(3p),recvfrom(3p),recvmsg(3p),send(3p),sendto(3p),setsockopt(3p),socket(3p),write(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,sys_socket.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, seehttps://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2017SHUTDOWN(3P)Pages that refer to this page:sys_socket.h(0p), connect(3p), recv(3p), recvfrom(3p), recvmsg(3p), send(3p), sendmsg(3p), sendto(3p), socket(3p)
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