MQ_UNLINK(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						     MQ_UNLINK(3P)

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NAME

       mq_unlink -- remove a message queue (REALTIME)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <mqueue.h>

       int mq_unlink(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

       The mq_unlink() function shall remove the message queue named by the string name.  If one or more processes have  the  message  queue  open
       when mq_unlink() is called, destruction of the message queue shall be postponed until all references to the message queue have been closed.
       However, the mq_unlink() call need not block until all references have been closed; it may return immediately.

       After a successful call to mq_unlink(), reuse of the name shall subsequently cause mq_open() to behave as if no message queue of this  name
       exists (that is, mq_open() will fail if O_CREAT is not set, or will create a new message queue if O_CREAT is set).

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, the function shall return a value of zero.  Otherwise, the named message queue shall be unchanged by this func-
       tion call, and the function shall return a value of -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The mq_unlink() function shall fail if:

       EACCES Permission is denied to unlink the named message queue.

       ENOENT The named message queue does not exist.

       The mq_unlink() function may fail if:

       ENAMETOOLONG
	      The length of the name argument exceeds {_POSIX_PATH_MAX} on systems that do not support the XSI option or exceeds {_XOPEN_PATH_MAX}
	      on  XSI  systems, or has a pathname component that is longer than {_POSIX_NAME_MAX} on systems that do not support the XSI option or
	      longer than {_XOPEN_NAME_MAX} on XSI systems.  A call to mq_unlink() with a name argument that contains the same message queue  name
	      as was previously used in a successful mq_open() call shall not give an [ENAMETOOLONG] error.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       A future version might require the mq_open() and mq_unlink() functions to have semantics similar to normal file system operations.

SEE ALSO

       mq_close(), mq_open(), msgctl(), msgget(), msgrcv(), msgsnd()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <mqueue.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C)  2013  by	the  Institute	of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) 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 Stan-
       dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

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/The Open Group						       2013							     MQ_UNLINK(3P)