xcb\_kill\_client(3) XCB Requests xcb\_kill\_client(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

xcb\_kill\_client - kills a client

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**#include <xcb/xproto.h>**

## [Request function](#Request_function)

xcb\_void\_cookie\_t **xcb\_kill\_client**(xcb\_connection\_t \**conn*, uint32\_t *resource*);

# [REQUEST ARGUMENTS](#REQUEST_ARGUMENTS)

[*conn*](#conn)

The XCB connection to X11.

[*resource*](#resource)

Any resource belonging to the client (for example a Window), used to identify the client connection.

The special value of *XCB\_KILL\_ALL\_TEMPORARY*, the resources of all clients that have terminated in *RetainTemporary* (TODO) are destroyed.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Forces a close down of the client that created the specified *resource*.

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

Returns an *xcb\_void\_cookie\_t*. Errors (if any) have to be handled in the event loop.

If you want to handle errors directly with *xcb\_request\_check* instead, use *xcb\_kill\_client\_checked*. See [**xcb-requests(3)**](/man/os/libxcb/xcb-requests.3) for details.

# [ERRORS](#ERRORS)

[*xcb\_value\_error\_t*](#xcb_value_error_t)

The specified *resource* does not exist.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**xcb-requests**(3)](/man/os/libxcb/xcb-requests.3), [**xkill**(1)](/man/os/libxcb/xkill.1)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

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libxcb 1.17.0 X Version 11

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Document: xcb_kill_client_checked(3) from libxcb 1.17.0-r16 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxcb.git