SHUTDOWN(2)							   SHUTDOWN(2)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     shutdown -	shut down part of a full-duplex	connection

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     int shutdown (int s, int how);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

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

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     connect(2), socket(2)

NOTE    [Toc]    [Back]

     ABI-compliant versions of the above call can be obtained from
     libsocket.so.


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