PROLOG¶

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME¶

mq_unlink - remove a message queue (REALTIME)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <mqueue.h>

int mq_unlink(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION¶

The mq_unlink() function shall remove the message queue named by the pathname name. After a successful call to mq_unlink() with name, a call to mq_open() with name shall fail if the flag O_CREAT is not set in flags. If one or more processes have the message queue open when mq_unlink() is called, destruction of the message queue shall be postponed until all references to the message queue have been closed.

Calls to mq_open() to recreate the message queue may fail until the message queue is actually removed. However, the mq_unlink() call need not block until all references have been closed; it may return immediately.

RETURN VALUE¶

Upon successful completion, the function shall return a value of zero. Otherwise, the named message queue shall be unchanged by this function call, and the function shall return a value of -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS¶

The mq_unlink() function shall fail if:

EACCES

Permission is denied to unlink the named message queue.

ENAMETOOLONG

The length of the name argument exceeds {PATH_MAX} or a pathname component is longer than {NAME_MAX}.

ENOENT

The named message queue does not exist.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES¶

None.

APPLICATION USAGE¶

None.

RATIONALE¶

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶

None.

SEE ALSO¶

mq_close(), mq_open(), msgctl(), msgget(), msgrcv(), msgsnd(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <mqueue.h>

COPYRIGHT¶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .