MSGGET(2) BSD Programmer's Manual MSGGET(2)
msgget - get message queue
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/ipc.h> #include <sys/msg.h> int msgget(key_t key, int msgflg);
msgget() 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.
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.
[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.
msgctl(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), ftok(3)
Message queues appeared in the first release of AT&T Unix System V. MirBSD #10-current August 17, 1995 1