mq_close.3p (2675B)
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- .TH MQ_CLOSE "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
- .\"
- .SH PROLOG
- This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
- The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
- the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
- or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
- .\"
- .SH NAME
- mq_close
- \(em close a message queue
- (\fBREALTIME\fP)
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .LP
- .nf
- #include <mqueue.h>
- .P
- int mq_close(mqd_t \fImqdes\fP);
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- The
- \fImq_close\fR()
- function shall remove the association between the message queue
- descriptor,
- .IR mqdes ,
- and its message queue. The results of using this message queue
- descriptor after successful return from this
- \fImq_close\fR(),
- and until the return of this message queue descriptor from a subsequent
- \fImq_open\fR(),
- are undefined.
- .P
- If the process has successfully attached a notification request to the
- message queue via this
- .IR mqdes ,
- this attachment shall be removed, and the message queue is available
- for another process to attach for notification.
- .SH "RETURN VALUE"
- Upon successful completion, the
- \fImq_close\fR()
- function shall return a value of zero; otherwise, the function shall
- return a value of \-1 and set
- .IR errno
- to indicate the error.
- .SH ERRORS
- The
- \fImq_close\fR()
- function shall fail if:
- .TP
- .BR EBADF
- The
- .IR mqdes
- argument is not a valid message queue descriptor.
- .LP
- .IR "The following sections are informative."
- .SH EXAMPLES
- None.
- .SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
- None.
- .SH RATIONALE
- None.
- .SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
- None.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .IR "\fImq_open\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fImq_unlink\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fImsgctl\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fImsgget\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fImsgrcv\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fImsgsnd\fR\^(\|)"
- .P
- The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
- .IR "\fB<mqueue.h>\fP"
- .\"
- .SH COPYRIGHT
- Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
- from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
- -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
- Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
- Copyright (C) 2018 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
- http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
- .PP
- Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
- in this page are most likely
- to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
- man page format. To report such errors, see
- https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .