delwin(3XCURSES)

Name

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –I /usr/xpg4/include –L /usr/xpg4/lib \
–R /usr/xpg4/lib –lcurses [ library... ]

c89 [ flag... ] file... –lcurses [ library... ]
 
#include <curses.h>

int delwin(WINDOW *win);

Description

The delwin() function deletes the specified window, freeing up the memory associated with it.

Deleting a parent window without deleting its subwindows and then trying to manipulate the subwindows will have undefined results.

Parameters

win

Is a pointer to the window that is to be deleted.

Return Values

On success, this functions returns OK. Otherwise, it returns ERR.

Errors

None.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See also

derwin(3XCURSES), dupwin(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)