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.TH UNLINKB 9F "Jan 16, 2006"
.SH NAME
unlinkb \- remove a message block from the head of a message
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <sys/stream.h>



\fBmblk_t *\fR\fBunlinkb\fR(\fBmblk_t *\fR\fImp\fR);
.fi

.SH INTERFACE LEVEL
.sp
.LP
Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fImp\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
Pointer to the message.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBunlinkb()\fR function removes the first message block from the message
pointed to by \fImp\fR. A new message, minus the removed message block, is
returned.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
If successful, the \fBunlinkb()\fR function returns a pointer to the message
with the first message block removed. If there is only one message block in the
message, \fINULL\fR is returned.
.SH CONTEXT
.sp
.LP
The \fBunlinkb()\fR function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel
context.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fR\fBunlinkb()\fR example
.sp
.LP
The routine expects to get passed an \fBM_PROTO T_DATA_IND\fR message. It will
remove and free the  \fBM_PROTO\fR header and return the remaining
\fBM_DATA\fR portion of the message.

.sp
.in +2
.nf
1  mblk_t *
2  makedata(mp)
3      mblk_t *mp;
4  {
5	mblk_t *nmp;
6
7	nmp = unlinkb(mp);
8	freeb(mp);
9	return(nmp);
10 }
.fi
.in -2

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR linkb (9F)
.sp
.LP
\fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
.sp
.LP
\fISTREAMS Programming Guide\fR