shutdown(2)							System Calls Manual						       shutdown(2)

NAME

       shutdown - Shuts down socket send and receive operations

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/socket.h>
       int shutdown (	   int socket,	    int how );

STANDARDS

       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       shutdown():  XNS5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS

       Specifies the file descriptor of the socket.  Specifies the type of shutdown.  Values are: To disable further receive operations To disable
       further send operations To disable further send operations and receive operations

DESCRIPTION

       The shutdown() function disables receive and/or send operations on the specified socket.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       If the shutdown() function fails, errno may be set to one of the following values: The socket parameter is not valid.  The how argument	is
       invalid.   Insufficient	resources are available in the system to complete the call.  The available STREAMS resources were insufficient for
       the operation to complete.  The socket is not connected.  The socket parameter refers to a file, not a socket.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: getsockopt(2), read(2), recv(2), recvfrom(2), recvmsg(2), select(2), send(2), sendto(2), setsockopt(2), socket(2), write(2)

       Standards: standards(5) delim off

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