1<html> 2<head> 3<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> 4<title>basic_socket::release (1 of 2 overloads)</title> 5<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css" type="text/css"> 6<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1"> 7<link rel="home" href="../../../../boost_asio.html" title="Boost.Asio"> 8<link rel="up" href="../release.html" title="basic_socket::release"> 9<link rel="prev" href="../release.html" title="basic_socket::release"> 10<link rel="next" href="overload2.html" title="basic_socket::release (2 of 2 overloads)"> 11</head> 12<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> 13<table cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr> 14<td valign="top"><img alt="Boost C++ Libraries" width="277" height="86" src="../../../../../../boost.png"></td> 15<td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../index.html">Home</a></td> 16<td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a></td> 17<td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/people.html">People</a></td> 18<td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/faq.html">FAQ</a></td> 19<td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../more/index.htm">More</a></td> 20</tr></table> 21<hr> 22<div class="spirit-nav"> 23<a accesskey="p" href="../release.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../release.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../../../boost_asio.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="overload2.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> 24</div> 25<div class="section"> 26<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> 27<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_socket.release.overload1"></a><a class="link" href="overload1.html" title="basic_socket::release (1 of 2 overloads)">basic_socket::release 28 (1 of 2 overloads)</a> 29</h5></div></div></div> 30<p> 31 Release ownership of the underlying native socket. 32 </p> 33<pre class="programlisting">native_handle_type release(); 34</pre> 35<p> 36 This function causes all outstanding asynchronous connect, send and receive 37 operations to finish immediately, and the handlers for cancelled operations 38 will be passed the <code class="computeroutput">boost::asio::error::operation_aborted</code> 39 error. Ownership of the native socket is then transferred to the caller. 40 </p> 41<h6> 42<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_socket.release.overload1.h0"></a> 43 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_socket.release.overload1.exceptions"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload1.html#boost_asio.reference.basic_socket.release.overload1.exceptions">Exceptions</a> 44 </h6> 45<div class="variablelist"> 46<p class="title"><b></b></p> 47<dl class="variablelist"> 48<dt><span class="term">boost::system::system_error</span></dt> 49<dd><p> 50 Thrown on failure. 51 </p></dd> 52</dl> 53</div> 54<h6> 55<a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_socket.release.overload1.h1"></a> 56 <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_asio.reference.basic_socket.release.overload1.remarks"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload1.html#boost_asio.reference.basic_socket.release.overload1.remarks">Remarks</a> 57 </h6> 58<p> 59 This function is unsupported on Windows versions prior to Windows 8.1, 60 and will fail with <code class="computeroutput">boost::asio::error::operation_not_supported</code> 61 on these platforms. 62 </p> 63</div> 64<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 65<td align="left"></td> 66<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003-2020 Christopher M. 67 Kohlhoff<p> 68 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying 69 file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) 70 </p> 71</div></td> 72</tr></table> 73<hr> 74<div class="spirit-nav"> 75<a accesskey="p" href="../release.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../release.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../../../boost_asio.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="overload2.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> 76</div> 77</body> 78</html> 79