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.TH "ZMQ_CLOSE" "3" "10/15/2010" "0MQ 2\&.0\&.10" "0MQ Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
zmq_close \- close 0MQ socket
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBint zmq_close (void \fR\fB\fI*socket\fR\fR\fB);\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The \fIzmq_close()\fR function shall destroy the socket referenced by the \fIsocket\fR argument\&. All active connections on the socket shall be terminated and resources associated with the socket shall be released\&. Any outstanding messages sent with \fIzmq_send()\fR but not yet physically sent to the network shall be dropped\&. Likewise, any outstanding messages physically received from the network but not yet received by the application with \fIzmq_recv()\fR shall also be dropped\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The \fIzmq_close()\fR function shall return zero if successful\&. Otherwise it shall return \-1 and set \fIerrno\fR to one of the values defined below\&.
.SH "ERRORS"
.PP
\fBEFAULT\fR
.RS 4
The provided
\fIsocket\fR
was not valid (NULL)\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBzmq_socket\fR(3) \fBzmq_term\fR(3) \fBzmq\fR(7)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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The 0MQ documentation was written by Martin Sustrik <\m[blue]\fBsustrik@250bpm\&.com\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2> and Martin Lucina <\m[blue]\fBmato@kotelna\&.sk\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2>\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
sustrik@250bpm.com
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\%mailto:sustrik@250bpm.com
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.IP " 2." 4
mato@kotelna.sk
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\%mailto:mato@kotelna.sk
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