mq_unlink (3)

MQ_UNLINK(3) Linux Programmer's Manual MQ_UNLINK(3) NAME mq_unlink - remove a message queue SYNOPSIS #include <mqueue.h> mqd_t 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. CONFORMING TO 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) Linux 2006-02-25 MQ_UNLINK(3)