Synchronous close function, releases all the socket assigned resources.

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NMI_API sint8	close (SOCKET sock)
	Synchronous close function, releases all the socket assigned resources. More...

NMI_API sint8 close ( SOCKET sock )

Synchronous close function, releases all the socket assigned resources.

Parameters

[in] sock Socket ID, must hold a non negative value. A negative value will return a socket error SOCK_ERR_INVALID_ARG. Indicating that an invalid argument is passed in.

Precondition: Sockets must be initialized through the call of the socketInit function. close is called only for valid socket identifiers created through the socket function.

Warning: If close is called while there are still pending messages (sent or received ) they will be discarded.

See Also: socketInit socket

Returns: The function returned SOCK_ERR_NO_ERROR for successful operation and a negative value (indicating the error) otherwise.

Parameters

[in] sock Socket ID, must hold a non negative value. A negative value will return a socket error SOCK_ERR_INVALID_ARG. Indicating that an invalid argument is passed in.

Precondition: Sockets must be initialized through the call of the socketInit function. close is called only for valid socket identifiers created through the socket function.

Warning: If close is called while there are still pending messages (sent or received ) they will be discarded.

See Also: socketInit, socket

Returns: The function returned SOCK_ERR_NO_ERROR for successful operation and a negative value (indicating the error) otherwise.

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