MQ_UNLINK(3)

NAME
mq_unlink - remove a message queue

SYNOPSIS
#include <mqueue.h>

int 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.

ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value
 | Thread safety | MT-Safe

CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

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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