SHUTDOWN(3POSIX) POSIX Programmer's Manual SHUTDOWN(3POSIX)

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shutdown — shut down socket send and receive operations

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

The shutdown() function shall cause all or part of a full-duplex connection on the socket associated with the file descriptor socket to be shut down.

The shutdown() function takes the following arguments:

Specifies the file descriptor of the socket.
Specifies the type of shutdown. The values are as follows:
Disables further receive operations.
Disables further send operations.
Disables further send and receive operations.

The shutdown() function disables subsequent send and/or receive operations on a socket, depending on the value of the how argument.

Upon successful completion, shutdown() shall return 0; otherwise, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.

The shutdown() function shall fail if:

The socket argument is not a valid file descriptor.
The how argument is invalid.
The socket is not connected.
The socket argument does not refer to a socket.

The shutdown() function may fail if:

Insufficient resources were available in the system to perform the operation.

The following sections are informative.

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getsockopt(), pselect(), read(), recv(), recvfrom(), recvmsg(), send(), sendto(), setsockopt(), socket(), write()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <sys_socket.h>

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