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SHUTDOWN(2)                   System Calls Manual                  SHUTDOWN(2)

NAME
       shutdown - shuts down a socket for reading, writing, or both

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/socket.h>

       int shutdown(int sd, int how);

DESCRIPTION
       shutdown()  shuts  down  the  socket  sd  for reading, writing, or both
       reading and writing by setting how to SHUT_RD, SHUT_WR, or SHUT_RDWR.

RETURN VALUES
       On success, this function returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and errno
       is set.

ERRORS
       [EINVAL]       how must be SHUT_RD, SHUT_WR, or SHUT_RDWR.

       [ENOTCONN]     sd must be a connected socket.

       [ENOSYS]       attempted  to shutdown the read side of a TCP socket, or
                      the type of socket is not supported.

SEE ALSO
       socket(2), socketpair(2)

                                                                   SHUTDOWN(2)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | SEE ALSO