MONGOC_SOCKET_CLOSE(3)

💅 MONGOC_SOCKET_CLOSE(3) 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the libmongoc manual (that's the MongoDB C driver crew, iykyk) and it's literally all about closing a socket. short page, but she's iconic. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int
mongoc_socket_close (mongoc_socket_t *socket);

that's the whole vibe. returns an int, takes one pointer. slay.

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• socket — A mongoc_socket_t. that's it. that's the parameter. the main character of this function 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: this function is a wrapper around the BSD socket shutdown() and close() functions — plus their Windows equivalents, because Windows gotta Windows 😭

here's the important part, no cap: the socket is shut down only if the current process is the same as the process that opened the socket. different process? no shutdown for you. 🙈

Regardless, the socket is then closed. so either way, bestie, the close happens. periodt.

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⭐ RETURNS ⭐

• 0 on success 💖
• -1 on failure to close the socket 💀

on failure, the socket's errno is set — grab it with mongoc_socket_errno(). don't forget, or you'll be staring at a -1 wondering what went wrong. not cute.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — the legends themselves.

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

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mwah 💋 that's the page. version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — go close some sockets responsibly, bestie. 🍓✨