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shutdown

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 .)