Closes a connection and deletes a socket descriptor.
Format
#include <unixio.h>
int close (s);
Argument
- s
- A socket descriptor.
Description
This routine deletes a descriptor from the per-process object
reference table. If this is the last reference to the underlying
object, then it will be deactivated.
See also accept, socket, and write in this section.
Return Values
| 0 | Indicates success. |
| -1 | Indicates an error; errno is set to EBADF
(The socket descriptor is invalid.) |
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