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shutdown(2)
NAME
  shutdown - Shut down socket send and receive operations

SYNOPSIS
  #include <sys/socket.h>

  int shutdown(
	  int socket,
	  int how );

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  shutdown(): XNS5.0

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
  socket  Specifies the file descriptor of the socket.

  how	  Specifies the type of shutdown. Values are:

	  SHUT_RD To disable further receive operations

	  SHUT_WR To disable further send operations

	  SHUT_RDWR
		  To disable further send operations and receive operations

DESCRIPTION
  The shutdown() function disables receive and/or send operations on the
  specified socket.

RETURN VALUES
  Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned. Otherwise, a
  value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
  If the shutdown() function fails, errno may be set to one of the following
  values:

  [EBADF] The socket parameter is not valid.

  [EINVAL]
	  The how argument is invalid.

  [ENOBUFS]
	  Insufficient resources are available in the system to complete the
	  call.

  [ENOSR] The available STREAMS resources were insufficient for the operation
	  to complete.

  [ENOTCONN]
	  The socket is not connected.

  [ENOTSOCK]
	  The socket parameter refers to a file, not a socket.

SEE ALSO
  Functions: getsockopt(2), read(2), recv(2), recvfrom(2), recvmsg(2),
  select(2), send(2), sendto(2), setsockopt(2), socket(2), write(2)

  Standards: standards(5)

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