NAME

       mq_close - close a message queue descriptor

SYNOPSIS

       #include <mqueue.h>

       int mq_close(mqd_t mqdes);

       Link with -lrt.

DESCRIPTION

       mq_close() closes the message queue descriptor mqdes.

       If  the  calling  process  has attached a notification request to this message queue via mqdes, then this
       request is removed, and another process can now attach a notification request.

RETURN VALUE

       On success mq_close() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       EBADF  The descriptor specified in mqdes is invalid.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface  │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ mq_close() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES

       All open message queues are automatically closed on process termination, or upon execve(2).

SEE ALSO

       mq_getattr(3), mq_notify(3), mq_open(3), mq_receive(3), mq_send(3), mq_unlink(3), mq_overview(7)

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Linux                                              2015-08-08                                        MQ_CLOSE(3)