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- <h4 class="subsection">16.8.2 Closing a Socket</h4>
- <p><a name="index-socket_002c-closing-1777"></a><a name="index-closing-a-socket-1778"></a><a name="index-shutting-down-a-socket-1779"></a><a name="index-socket-shutdown-1780"></a>
- When you have finished using a socket, you can simply close its
- file descriptor with <code>close</code>; see <a href="Opening-and-Closing-Files.html#Opening-and-Closing-Files">Opening and Closing Files</a>.
- If there is still data waiting to be transmitted over the connection,
- normally <code>close</code> tries to complete this transmission. You
- can control this behavior using the <code>SO_LINGER</code> socket option to
- specify a timeout period; see <a href="Socket-Options.html#Socket-Options">Socket Options</a>.
- <p><a name="index-sys_002fsocket_002eh-1781"></a>You can also shut down only reception or transmission on a
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- — Function: int <b>shutdown</b> (<var>int socket, int how</var>)<var><a name="index-shutdown-1782"></a></var><br>
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