Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions, Volume 2

delwin Subroutine

Deletes a window.

Curses Library (libcurses.a)

#include <curses.h> int delwin(WINDOW *win);

The delwin subroutine deletes win, freeing all memory associated with it. The application must delete subwindows before deleting the main window.

*win	Specifies the window to delete.

Upon successful completion, the delwin subroutine returns OK. Otherwise, it returns ERR.

To delete the user-defined window my_window and its subwindow my_sub_window, enter:

WINDOW *my_sub_window, *my_window;
delwin(my_sub_window);

delwin(my_window);

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