= nng_listener_close(3)
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== NAME

nng_listener_close - close listener

== SYNOPSIS

[source, c]
----
#include <nng/nng.h>

int nng_listener_close(nng_listener l);
----

== DESCRIPTION

The `nng_listener_close()` function closes the listener _l_.
This also closes any pipes that have been created by the listener.

Once this function returns, the listener _l_ and any of its resources
are deallocated.
Therefore it is an error to attempt to access _l_
after this function has returned.
(Attempts to do so will result in `NNG_ECLOSED` errors.)

Listeners are implicitly closed when the socket they are associated with
is closed.

== RETURN VALUES

This function returns 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.

== ERRORS

[horizontal]
`NNG_ECLOSED`:: Parameter _l_ does not refer to an open listener.

== SEE ALSO

[.text-left]
xref:nng_close.3.adoc[nng_close(3)],
xref:nng_listen.3.adoc[nng_listen(3)],
xref:nng_listener_create.3.adoc[nng_listener_create(3)]
xref:nng_strerror.3.adoc[nng_strerror(3)],
xref:nng_listener.5.adoc[nng_listener(5)],
xref:nng.7.adoc[nng(7)]