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close.socket Close a Socket

Description

Closes the socket and frees the space in the file descriptor table. The port may not be freed immediately.

Usage

close.socket(socket, ...)

Arguments

socket	a socket object
...	further arguments passed to or from other methods.

Value

logical indicating success or failure

Author(s)

Thomas Lumley

See Also

make.socket, read.socket

Compiling in support for sockets was optional prior to R 3.3.0: see capabilities("sockets") to see if it is available.