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Practical C Programming
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Practical C Programming

by B. M. Harwani
February 2020
Beginner to intermediate
616 pages
15h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
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msgsnd()

This is used for sending or delivering a message to the queue. Here is its syntax:

 int msgsnd ( int msqid, struct msgbuf *msgstruc, int msgsize, int flag );

Here, we have to address the following:

  • msqid: Represents the queue identifier of the message that we want to send. The queue identifier is usually retrieved by invoking the msgget function.
  • msgstruc: This is a pointer to the user-defined structure. It is the mesg member that contains the message that we want to send to the queue.
  • msgsize: Represents the size of the message in bytes.
  • flag: Determines the action to be taken on the message. If the flag value is set to IPC_NOWAIT and if the message queue is full, the message will not be written to the queue, and the control ...
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ISBN: 9781838641108