pSOSystem System Calls - Read

close pNA+ System Calls
close Closes a socket descriptor.
#include
long close(
int s /* socket descriptor */
)
Description
Arguments
Return Value
Error Codes
See Also
The close() call discards the specified socket descriptor. If it is the last descriptor
associated with the socket, the socket is deleted and, unless the SO_LINGER socket
option is set, any data queued at the socket is discarded. Refer to the
setsockopt() pNA+ call for a discussion of the SO_LINGER option.
As a special case, if the specified socket descriptor is equal to 0, close() closes all
socket descriptors that have been allocated to the calling task.
s Specifies the socket to be closed.
This system call returns 0 if successful, otherwise it returns -1.
Hex Mnemonic Description
0x5009 EBADS The socket descriptor is invalid.
0x5016 EINVALID An argument is invalid.
socket, setsockopt
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