shutdown()

shut down part of a full-duplex connection

Synopsis:

#include <sys/socket.h>

int shutdown( int s,
              int how );

Description:

The shutdown() call shuts down all or part of a full-duplex connection on the socket associated with s.

If how is:	Then `Socket` won't allow:
0	further receives
1	further sends
2	further sends and receives

Returns:

0: Success.
-1: An error occurred; errno is set.

Errors:

If an error occurred, errno could contain:

EBADF: s isn't a valid descriptor.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1g (draft)

Safety:
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	No
Thread	No

See also:

connect(), socket()

close() in the C Library Reference