mq_unlink(3)               Library Functions Manual               mq_unlink(3)

NAME
       mq_unlink - remove a message queue

LIBRARY
       Real-time library (librt, -lrt)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <mqueue.h>

       int mq_unlink(const char *name);

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   |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |mq_unlink ()                                | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
STANDARDS
       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
       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)

Linux man-pages 6.7               2023-10-31                      mq_unlink(3)