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MQ_UNLINK(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MQ_UNLINK(3)
mq_unlink - remove a message queue
#include <mqueue.h> int mq_unlink(const char *name); Link with -lrt.
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.
On success mq_unlink() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with errno set to indicate the error.
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.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │mq_unlink() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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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Linux 2015-08-08 MQ_UNLINK(3)
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)