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| 23 | .TH MQ_CLOSE 3 2006-02-25 "Linux 2.6.16" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
| 24 | .SH NAME | |
| 25 | mq_close \- close a message queue descriptor | |
| 26 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 27 | .nf | |
| 28 | .B #include <mqueue.h> | |
| 29 | .sp | |
| 30 | .BI "mqd_t mq_close(mqd_t " mqdes ); | |
| 31 | .fi | |
| 32 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 33 | .BR mq_close () | |
| 34 | closes the message queue descriptor | |
| 35 | .IR mqdes . | |
| 36 | ||
| c13182ef | 37 | If the calling process has attached a notification request |
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38 | to this message queue via |
| 39 | .IR mqdes , | |
| c13182ef | 40 | then this request is removed, |
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41 | and another process can now attach a notification request. |
| 42 | .SH NOTES | |
| 43 | All open message queues are automatically closed on process termination, | |
| 44 | or upon | |
| 45 | .BR execve (2). | |
| 46 | .SH RETURN VALUE | |
| 47 | On success | |
| 48 | .BR mq_close () | |
| 49 | returns 0; on error, \-1 is returned, with | |
| c13182ef | 50 | .I errno |
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51 | set to indicate the error. |
| 52 | .SH ERRORS | |
| 53 | .TP | |
| 54 | .B EBADF | |
| c13182ef | 55 | The descriptor specified in |
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56 | .I mqdes |
| 57 | is invalid. | |
| 58 | .SH CONFORMING TO | |
| 59 | POSIX.1-2001. | |
| 60 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 61 | .BR mq_getattr (3), | |
| 62 | .BR mq_notify (3), | |
| 63 | .BR mq_open (3), | |
| 64 | .BR mq_receive (3), | |
| 65 | .BR mq_send (3), | |
| 66 | .BR mq_unlink (3), | |
| 67 | .BR mq_overview (7) |