mq_unlink - remove a message queue
Real-time library (
librt,
-lrt)
#include <mqueue.h>
int mq_unlink(const char *name);
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)