## Generic-function: SB-BSD-SOCKETS:SOCKET-SHUTDOWN [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-SB--BSD--SOCKETS-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Generic--Function-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#generic-function) > Indicate that no communication in DIRECTION will be performed on > SOCKET. > > DIRECTION has to be one of :INPUT, :OUTPUT or :IO. > > After a shutdown, no input and/or output of the indicated DIRECTION > can be performed on SOCKET. ### Lambda list ```cl (sb-bsd-sockets:socket &key sb-bsd-sockets::direction) ```