Section 3 · Library functions

mq_unlink.3

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mq_unlink

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

NAME

mq_unlink − remove a message queue

LIBRARY

Real-time library (librt, −lrt)

SYNOPSIS

#include <mqueue.h>

int mq_unlink(const char *name**);**

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.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).


Interface	Attribute	Value
mq_unlink()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001.