MQ_UNLINK(3)                                        Linux Programmer's Manual                                       MQ_UNLINK(3)



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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Linux                                                      2006-02-25                                               MQ_UNLINK(3)