Name

shutdown

Synopsis

shutdown socket, how
                  

Shuts down a socket connection in the manner indicated by how. If how is 0, further receives are disallowed. If how is 1, further sends are disallowed. If how is 2, everything is disallowed.

This function will not shut down your system; you’ll have to execute an external program to do that. See system .

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