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37 .Nd send a message to a message queue
43 .Fn msgsnd "int msqid" "const void *msgp" "size_t msgsz" "int msgflg"
47 function sends a message from the message queue specified in
50 points to a user-defined structure containing the message.
51 This structure must contain a first field of type
53 that will indicate the user-defined type of the message.
54 The remaining fields will contain the contents of the message.
55 The following is an example of what this user-defined
56 structure might look like:
59 long mtype; /* message type */
60 char mtext[1]; /* body of message */
65 is an integer greater than 0 that can be used for selecting messages (see
68 is an array of bytes, with size up to the system limit
71 If the number of bytes already on the message queue plus
73 is greater than the maximum number of bytes in the message queue
77 or if the number of messages on all queues system-wide is already equal to
80 determines the action of
86 mask set in it, the call will return immediately.
91 set in it, the call will block until:
94 The condition which caused the call to block no longer exists.
97 The message queue is removed, in which case \-1 will be returned and
102 The caller catches a signal.
103 The call returns with
109 After a successful call, the data structure associated with the message
110 queue is updated in the following way:
117 is set to the pid of the calling process.
120 is set to the current time.
123 Upon successful completion, 0 is returned.
124 Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
126 is set to indicate the error.
132 The calling process does not have write access to the message queue.
134 There was no space for this message either on the queue or in the whole
141 points to an invalid address.
143 The system call was interrupted by the delivery of a signal.
146 is not a valid message queue identifier,
151 The message queue was removed while
153 was waiting for a resource to become available in order to deliver the
169 system call conforms to
172 Message queues appeared in the first release of