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+/* 
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Lammert Bies
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 the Civetweb developers
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2013 Sergey Lyubka
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+
+
+#include "libhttp-private.h"
+
+
+
+/*
+ * void XX_httplib_close_all_listening_sockets( struct mg_context *ctx );
+ *
+ * The function XX_httplib_close_all_listening_sockets() closes all listening
+ * sockets of a given context.
+ */
+
+void XX_httplib_close_all_listening_sockets( struct mg_context *ctx ) {
+
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	if ( ctx == NULL ) return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ctx->num_listening_sockets; i++) {
+		closesocket(ctx->listening_sockets[i].sock);
+		ctx->listening_sockets[i].sock = INVALID_SOCKET;
+	}
+	XX_httplib_free(ctx->listening_sockets);
+	ctx->listening_sockets = NULL;
+	XX_httplib_free(ctx->listening_socket_fds);
+	ctx->listening_socket_fds = NULL;
+
+}  /* XX_close_all_listening_sockets */