mq_unlink
remove a message queue
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SYNOPSIS
#include <mqueue.h> int mq_unlink(const char *name);
Link with -lrt.
DESCRIPTION
mq_unlink() removes the specified message queue name. The message queue name is removed immediately. The queue itself is destroyed once any other processes that have the queue open close their descriptors referring to the queue.
RETURN VALUE
On success mq_unlink() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with errno set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- EACCES
- The caller does not have permission to unlink this message queue.
- ENAMETOOLONG
- name was too long.
- ENOENT
- There is no message queue with the given name.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
mq_close(3), mq_getattr(3), mq_notify(3), mq_open(3), mq_receive(3), mq_send(3), mq_overview(7)
COLOPHON
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