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This function closes an existing socket handle.

Syntax 

int WPUCloseSocketHandle(
  SOCKET
 s,
  LPINT
 lpErrno 
);

Parameters

s

[in] Handle to service provider socket created by WPUCreateSocketHandle.

lpErrno

[out] Pointer to the error code.

Return Value

If successful, WPUCloseSocketHandlereturns zero. Otherwise, it returns SOCKET_ERROR, and a specific error code is available in lpErrno.

Error value Description

WSAENOTSOCK

Descriptor is not a socket created by WPUCreateSocketHandle.

Remarks

This function closes an existing socket handle created by WPUCreateSocketHandleand removes the socket from the internal socket table of Ws2.dll. The owning service provider is responsible for releasing any resources associated with the socket.

Requirements

Header ws2spi.h
Library Ws2.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

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