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NAME

mq_close — close a message queue descriptor

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/mqueue.h>

int mq_close(mqd_t mqdes);

DESCRIPTION

The mq_close() system call removes the association between the message queue descriptor, mqdes, and a message queue. Use of this message queue descriptor by the process, after a successful return from this mq_close(), and until this descriptor is returned by a subsequent mq_open(), will result in the failure of message queue system calls, with errno set to EBADF.

If the process has a registered notification request with the message queue associated with this mqdes, the registration is canceled and the queue becomes available for another process to register a notification request.

If the message queue has been unlinked and mqdes is the only existing open descriptor for the queue, the queue is destroyed.

RETURN VALUE

mq_close() returns the following values:

0

Successful completion.

-1

Failure. errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

If mq_close() fails, errno is set to one of the following values:

[EBADF]

mqdes is not a valid message queue descriptor.

[ENOSYS]

mq_close() is not supported by the implementation.

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

mq_close(): POSIX 1003.1b

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