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)

COLOPHON


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