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mq_unlink(3)             Library Functions Manual            mq_unlink(3)
       mq_unlink - remove a message queue
       Real-time library (librt, -lrt)
       #include <mqueue.h>
       int mq_unlink(const char *name);
       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.
       On success mq_unlink() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with
       errno set to indicate the error.
       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.
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                            │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ mq_unlink()                          │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
       POSIX.1-2008.
       POSIX.1-2001.
       mq_close(3), mq_getattr(3), mq_notify(3), mq_open(3),
       mq_receive(3), mq_send(3), mq_overview(7)
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Linux man-pages 6.15            2025-05-17                   mq_unlink(3)
Pages that refer to this page: ipcrm(1), syscalls(2), mq_close(3), mq_getattr(3), mq_notify(3), mq_open(3), mq_receive(3), mq_send(3), mq_overview(7)