Removes a message block from the head of a message.
mblk_t * unlinkb(bp) register mblk_t *bp;
The unlinkb utility removes the first message block pointed to by the bp parameter and returns a pointer to the head of the resulting message. The unlinkb utility returns a null pointer if there are no more message blocks in the message.
| bp | Specifies which message block to unlink. |
This utility is part of STREAMS Kernel Extensions.
The linkb utility.
List of Streams Programming References and Understanding STREAMS Messages in AIX Version 4.3 Communications Programming Concepts.