shutdown - close down just half of a socket connection

- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
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# NAME

shutdown - close down just half of a socket connection

# SYNOPSIS

shutdown SOCKET,HOW

# DESCRIPTION

Shuts down a socket connection in the manner indicated by HOW, which has the same interpretation as in the system call of the same name.

        shutdown(SOCKET, 0);    # I/we have stopped reading data
        shutdown(SOCKET, 1);    # I/we have stopped writing data
        shutdown(SOCKET, 2);    # I/we have stopped using this socket

This is useful with sockets when you want to tell the other side you're done writing but not done reading, or vice versa. It's also a more insistent form of close because it also disables the file descriptor in any forked copies in other processes.

shutdown - close down just half of a socket connection