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.\" Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.TH mq_unlink 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
mq_unlink \- remove a message queue
.SH LIBRARY
Real-time library
.RI ( librt ", " \-lrt )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <mqueue.h>
.P
.BI "int mq_unlink(const char *" name );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR mq_unlink ()
removes the specified message queue
.IR 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.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success
.BR mq_unlink ()
returns 0; on error, \-1 is returned, with
.I errno
set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EACCES
The caller does not have permission to unlink this message queue.
.TP
.B ENAMETOOLONG
.I name
was too long.
.TP
.B ENOENT
There is no message queue with the given
.IR name .
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR mq_unlink ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.SH STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mq_close (3),
.BR mq_getattr (3),
.BR mq_notify (3),
.BR mq_open (3),
.BR mq_receive (3),
.BR mq_send (3),
.BR mq_overview (7)