...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Inherited from basic_socket.
Disable sends or receives on the socket.
boost::system::error_code shutdown( shutdown_type what, boost::system::error_code & ec);
This function is used to disable send operations, receive operations, or both.
Determines what types of operation will no longer be allowed.
Set to indicate what error occurred, if any.
Shutting down the send side of the socket:
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_service); ... boost::system::error_code ec; socket.shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_send, ec); if (ec) { // An error occurred. }