mq_unlink - remove a message queue
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ mq_unlink() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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.
Errors
EACCES The caller does not have permission to unlink this message queue.
ENAMETOOLONGname was too long.
ENOENT There is no message queue with the given name.
History
POSIX.1-2001.
Library
Real-time library (librt, -lrt)
Name
mq_unlink - remove a message queue
Return Value
On success mq_unlink() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with errno set to indicate the error.
See Also
mq_close(3), mq_getattr(3), mq_notify(3), mq_open(3), mq_receive(3), mq_send(3), mq_overview(7) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 mq_unlink(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<mqueue.h>intmq_unlink(constchar*name);