mq_unlink(3) — Linux manual page

NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES | STANDARDS | HISTORY | SEE ALSO

mq_unlink(3)            Library Functions Manual            mq_unlink(3)

NAME         top

       mq_unlink - remove a message queue

LIBRARY         top

       Real-time library (librt, -lrt)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <mqueue.h>

       int mq_unlink(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

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

ERRORS         top

       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.

ATTRIBUTES         top

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

STANDARDS         top

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO         top

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

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Pages that refer to this page: syscalls(2)mq_close(3)mq_getattr(3)mq_notify(3)mq_open(3)mq_receive(3)mq_send(3)mq_overview(7)