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Dd June 7, 2010
Dt MQ_CLOSE 3
Os
Sh NAME
Nm mq_close
Nd close a message queue (REALTIME)
Sh LIBRARY
Lb librt
Sh SYNOPSIS
In mqueue.h
Ft int
Fn mq_close "mqd_t mqdes"
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Fn mq_close
function will remove the association between the message queue descriptor,
Fa mqdes ,
and its message queue.
Pp
If the process has successfully attached a notification request to
the message queue via this
Fa mqdes ,
this attachment will be removed, and the message queue is available
for another process to attach for notification.
Sh RETURN VALUES
Rv -std mq_close
Sh ERRORS
The
Fn mq_close
function fails if:
Bl -tag -width Er
It Bq Er EBADF
The
Fa mqdes
argument is not a valid message queue descriptor.
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr mq 3 ,
Xr mq_open 3 ,
Xr mq_unlink 3
Sh STANDARDS
This function conforms to the
St -p1003.1-2001
standard.
Sh HISTORY
The
Fn mq_close
function first appeared in
Nx 5.0 .
Sh COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 at
Lk
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
