shutdown socket

The shutdown function disables sends or receives on a socket.

Syntax 

int shutdown(  __in  SOCKET s,  __in  int how);

Parameters

s [in]

A descriptor identifying a socket.

how [in]

A flag that describes what types of operation will no longer be allowed. Possible values for this flag are listed in theWinsock2.h header file.

Value	Meaning
SD_RECEIVE 0	Shutdown receive operations.
SD_SEND 1	Shutdown send operations.
SD_BOTH 2	Shutdown both send and receive operations.