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.\"  Copyright (c) 1990, 1995 by Mortice Kern Systems Inc.  All Rights Reserved  Portions Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
.TH delwin 3XCURSES "5 Jun 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "X/Open Curses Library Functions"
.SH NAME
delwin \- delete a window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR /usr/xpg4/include \fB -L \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \e
\fB -R \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
 
#include <curses.h>

\fBint\fR \fBdelwin\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBdelwin()\fR function deletes the specified window, freeing up the memory associated with it.
.sp
.LP
Deleting a parent window without deleting its subwindows and then trying to  manipulate the subwindows will have undefined results.
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIwin\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
.rt  
Is a pointer to the window that is to be deleted.
.RE

.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
On success, this functions returns \fBOK\fR. Otherwise, it returns \fBERR\fR.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
None.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelUnsafe
_
StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBderwin\fR(3XCURSES), \fBdupwin\fR(3XCURSES), \fBlibcurses\fR(3XCURSES), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)