SHUTDOWN(2) System Calls Manual SHUTDOWN(2) NAME shutdown – shut down part of a full-duplex connection SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> int shutdown(int socket, int how); DESCRIPTION The shutdown() call causes all or part of a full-duplex connection on the socket associated with socket to be shut down. If how is SHUT_RD, further receives will be disallowed. If how is SHUT_WR, further sends will be disallowed. If how is SHUT_RDWR, further sends and receives will be disallowed. RETURN VALUES The shutdown() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS The call succeeds unless: [EBADF] Socket is not a valid descriptor. [EINVAL] The how argument is invalid. [ENOTCONN] The specified socket is not connected. [ENOTSOCK] Socket is a file, not a socket. SEE ALSO connect(2), connectx(2), disconnectx(2), socket(2) HISTORY The shutdown() function call appeared in 4.2BSD. BSD 4.2 March 18, 2015 BSD 4.2