MSGGET(2) BSD Programmer's Manual MSGGET(2)NAMEmsgget - get message queue
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>
int
msgget(key_t key, int msgflg);
DESCRIPTIONmsgget() returns the message queue identifier associated with key. A mes-
sage queue identifier is a unique integer greater than zero.
A message queue is created if either key is equal to IPC_PRIVATE, or key
does not have a message queue identifier associated with it, and the
IPC_CREAT bit is set in msgflg.
If a new message queue is created, the data structure associated with it
(the msqid_ds structure, see msgctl(2)) is initialized as follows:
+ msg_perm.cuid and msg_perm.uid are set to the effective UID of the
calling process.
+ msg_perm.gid and msg_perm.cgid are set to the effective GID of the
calling process.
+ msg_perm.mode is set to the lower 9 bits of msgflg.
+ msg_cbytes, msg_qnum, msg_lspid, msg_lrpid, msg_rtime, and msg_stime
are set to 0
+ msg_qbytes is set to the system wide maximum value for the number of
bytes in a queue (MSGMNB).
+ msg_ctime is set to the current time.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion a positive message queue identifier is re-
turned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to
indicate the error.
ERRORS
[EACCES] A message queue is already associated with key and the
caller has no permission to access it.
[EEXIST] Both IPC_CREAT and IPC_EXCL are set in msgflg, and a mes-
sage queue is already associated with key.
[ENOSPC] A new message queue could not be created because the system
limit for the number of message queues has been reached.
[ENOENT] IPC_CREAT was not set in msgflg and no message queue asso-
ciated with key was found.
SEE ALSOmsgctl(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), ftok(3)HISTORY
Message queues appeared in the first release of AT&T Unix System V.
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