Socket_Close (changes)

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Socket_Close

(SWI &41210)

Use

The purpose of this call is to close a socket previously opened, shutting it down if necessary and freeing the descriptor.

Berkeley sockets equivalence

This SWI directly corresponds to the function close and would ordinarily be called from C using the socketclose() function in socklib.h.

Note Notes

The different function name is needed because in RISC OS file descriptors and socket descriptors come from two different number spaces, while under Unix they share the same number space so a single close() function serves to close either type.

See also

• Internet
• Socket_Creat