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 5.11							    31 Jan 2005 						 shutdown(3SOCKET)