1MQ_SEND(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                MQ_SEND(3)
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NAME

6       mq_send, mq_timedsend - send a message to a message queue
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <mqueue.h>
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11       int mq_send(mqd_t mqdes, const char *msg_ptr,
12                     size_t msg_len, unsigned int msg_prio);
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14       #include <time.h>
15       #include <mqueue.h>
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17       int mq_timedsend(mqd_t mqdes, const char *msg_ptr,
18                     size_t msg_len, unsigned int msg_prio,
19                     const struct timespec *abs_timeout);
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21       Link with -lrt.
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23   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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25       mq_timedsend():
26           _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
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DESCRIPTION

29       mq_send()  adds  the message pointed to by msg_ptr to the message queue
30       referred to by the message queue descriptor mqdes.  The  msg_len  argu‐
31       ment  specifies  the  length of the message pointed to by msg_ptr; this
32       length must be less than or equal to the queue's mq_msgsize  attribute.
33       Zero-length messages are allowed.
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35       The  msg_prio argument is a nonnegative integer that specifies the pri‐
36       ority of this message.  Messages are placed on the queue in  decreasing
37       order  of  priority,  with  newer  messages  of the same priority being
38       placed after older messages with the same priority.  See mq_overview(7)
39       for details on the range for the message priority.
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41       If  the  message queue is already full (i.e., the number of messages on
42       the queue equals the queue's mq_maxmsg attribute),  then,  by  default,
43       mq_send()  blocks until sufficient space becomes available to allow the
44       message to be queued, or until the call is interrupted by a signal han‐
45       dler.  If the O_NONBLOCK flag is enabled for the message queue descrip‐
46       tion, then the call instead fails immediately with the error EAGAIN.
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48       mq_timedsend() behaves just like mq_send(), except that if the queue is
49       full  and  the  O_NONBLOCK  flag  is  not enabled for the message queue
50       description, then abs_timeout points to a structure which specifies how
51       long the call will block.  This value is an absolute timeout in seconds
52       and nanoseconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC), spec‐
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55           struct timespec {
56               time_t tv_sec;        /* seconds */
57               long   tv_nsec;       /* nanoseconds */
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60       If  the  message  queue is full, and the timeout has already expired by
61       the time of the call, mq_timedsend() returns immediately.
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RETURN VALUE

64       On success, mq_send() and mq_timedsend() return zero; on error,  -1  is
65       returned, with errno set to indicate the error.
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ERRORS

68       EAGAIN The queue was full, and the O_NONBLOCK flag was set for the mes‐
69              sage queue description referred to by mqdes.
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71       EBADF  The descriptor specified in mqdes was invalid or not opened  for
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74       EINTR  The call was interrupted by a signal handler; see signal(7).
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76       EINVAL The call would have blocked, and abs_timeout was invalid, either
77              because tv_sec was less than zero, or because tv_nsec  was  less
78              than zero or greater than 1000 million.
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80       EMSGSIZE
81              msg_len was greater than the mq_msgsize attribute of the message
82              queue.
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84       ETIMEDOUT
85              The call timed out before a message could be transferred.
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ATTRIBUTES

88       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
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92Interface                 Attribute     Value   
93       ├──────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
94mq_send(), mq_timedsend() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
95       └──────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

97       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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NOTES

100       On  Linux,  mq_timedsend() is a system call, and mq_send() is a library
101       function layered on top of that system call.
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SEE ALSO

104       mq_close(3), mq_getattr(3),  mq_notify(3),  mq_open(3),  mq_receive(3),
105       mq_unlink(3), mq_overview(7), time(7)
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COLOPHON

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