SHUTDOWN(2)SHUTDOWN(2)NAME
shutdown - shut down part of a full-duplex connection
SYNOPSIS
int shutdown (int s, int 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.
DIAGNOSTICS
A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails.
ERRORS
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 ALSOconnect(2), socket(2)NOTE
ABI-compliant versions of the above call can be obtained from
libsocket.so.
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