mq_unlink(3) — Linux manual page

mq_unlink(3)            Library Functions Manual            mq_unlink(3)

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.

SEE ALSO

       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 man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                   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)

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