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connect(2)

socket(2)

shutdown(2)

NAME

shutdown − shut down full-duplex connection

SYNTAX

shutdown(s, how)
int s, how;

DESCRIPTION

The shutdown call causes all or part of a full-duplex connection on the socket associated with s to be shut down.  If how is 0, then further receives will be disallowed.  If how is 1, then further sends will be disallowed.  If how is 2, then further sends and receives will be disallowed. 

RETURN VALUE

A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, −1 if it fails. 

DIAGNOSTICS

The call succeeds unless:

[EBADF] S is not a valid descriptor. 

[ENOTSOCK] S is a file, not a socket. 

[ENOTCONN] The specified socket is not connected. 

SEE ALSO

connect(2), socket(2)

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