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Function name : closesocket

Group: Windows Sockets 2 (Winsock) - Library: ws2_32

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The closesocket function closes an existing socket.

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Declaration:

int closesocket(
  SOCKET s
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER closesocket IN ws2_32;
	INTEGER s  

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Parameters:

s [in] Descriptor identifying the socket to close.

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Return value:

If no error occurs, closesocket returns zero. Otherwise, a value of SOCKET_ERROR (-1) is returned.

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