June 2002
Beginner
759 pages
80h 42m
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msgsnd
msgsnd id, msg, flags
Calls the System V IPC msgsnd system call to send the message
msg to the message queue
id. msg must
begin with the long integer message type. You can create a message
like this:
$msg = pack "L a*", $type, $text_of_message;
The function returns true if successful, or false if there
is an error. On error, it puts the error code into $!. Before calling, you should
say:
require "ipc.ph"; require "msg.ph";
This function is available only on machines supporting System V IPC.