.\" $Id: libssh2_channel_close.3,v 1.3 2009/03/16 23:25:14 bagder Exp $
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.TH libssh2_channel_close 3 "1 Jun 2007" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
.SH NAME
libssh2_channel_close - close a channel
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>

int 
libssh2_channel_close(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel);

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIchannel\fP - active channel stream to set closed status on.

Close an active data channel. In practice this means sending an SSH_MSG_CLOSE 
packet to the remote host which serves as instruction that no further data 
will be sent to it. The remote host may still send data back until it sends 
its own close message in response. To wait for the remote end to close its 
connection as well, follow this command with 
.BR libssh2_channel_wait_closed(3)

.SH RETURN VALUE
Return 0 on success or negative on failure.  It returns
LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While
LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it isn't really a failure per se.

.SH ERRORS
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND\fP - Unable to send data on socket.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libssh2_channel_open_ex(3)