NAME¶

mq_unlink - remove a message queue

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <mqueue.h>

int mq_unlink(const char *name);

Link with -lrt.

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).

CONFORMING TO¶

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

SEE ALSO¶

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

COLOPHON¶

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