xpafree(3)

💖 xpafree(3) — the one where we say bye to an access point 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're doing xpafree from the SAORD Documentation and it's gonna be a whole vibe ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

XPAFree — remove an XPA public access point 🫶 like, we're closing the door, turning off the light, and freeing all the stuff that was living in there

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <xpa.h>

int XPAFree(XPA xpa);

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the tea, bestie: XPAFree removes the XPA public access point you pass in (that's the xpa argument, the one and only 💅) from the name server, and then it frees all the storage associated with it. Gone. Poof. Reclaimed. The whole thing, no leftovers. 🧹💖

Lowkey important though: removal from the name server happens automatically when the process terminates anyway, so ngl, you don't generally need this call. It's not a mandatory-girlboss step. It's more of a situational slay.

Where it really eats? When public access points are being defined temporarily and then destroyed once nobody needs them anymore. That's the moment. That's the assignment. 🔥

Case in point: ds9 temporarily creates a public access point when it loads a new image for display, and destroys it when the image is unloaded. Very demure, very mindful, very "I only exist while this image is on screen." 😌🌸

Quick vibe check: if you're just gonna let your process end, the name server cleanup handles itself. Reach for XPAFree when you're doing the temporary-access-point thing and you want that storage back now instead of whenever the process dips. 💀➡️💖

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• See xpa(n) for a list of XPA help pages — it's giving index, it's giving "everything else you needed, bestie" 📚✨

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signing off with the receipts: this is version 2.1.15, dated July 23, 2013, brought to you by the SAORD Documentation girlies. periodt. 💖🎀🦋