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MSGCTL(3P) POSIX Programmer's ManualMSGCTL(3P)This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
msgctl — XSI message control operations
#include <sys/msg.h> int msgctl(intmsqid, intcmd, struct msqid_ds *buf);
Themsgctl() function operates on XSI message queues (see the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,Section 3.226,Message Queue). It is unspecified whether this function interoperates with the realtime interprocess communication facilities defined inSection2.8,Realtime. Themsgctl() function shall provide message control operations as specified bycmd. The following values forcmd, and the message control operations they specify, are: IPC_STAT Place the current value of each member of themsqid_ds data structure associated withmsqid into the structure pointed to bybuf. The contents of this structure are defined in<sys/msg.h>. IPC_SET Set the value of the following members of themsqid_ds data structure associated withmsqid to the corresponding value found in the structure pointed to bybuf: msg_perm.uid msg_perm.gid msg_perm.mode msg_qbytes Also, themsg_ctime timestamp shall be set to the current time, as described inSection 2.7.1,IPCGeneral Description. IPC_SET can only be executed by a process with appropriate privileges or that has an effective user ID equal to the value ofmsg_perm.cuidormsg_perm.uid in themsqid_dsdata structure associated withmsqid. Only a process with appropriate privileges can raise the value ofmsg_qbytes. IPC_RMID Remove the message queue identifier specified bymsqid from the system and destroy the message queue andmsqid_dsdata structure associated with it. IPC_RMD can only be executed by a process with appropriate privileges or one that has an effective user ID equal to the value ofmsg_perm.cuidormsg_perm.uidin themsqid_dsdata structure associated withmsqid.
Upon successful completion,msgctl() shall return 0; otherwise, it shall return -1 and seterrno to indicate the error.
Themsgctl() function shall fail if:EACCESThe argumentcmd is IPC_STAT and the calling process does not have read permission; seeSection 2.7,XSI InterprocessCommunication.EINVALThe value ofmsqid is not a valid message queue identifier; or the value ofcmd is not a valid command.EPERMThe argumentcmd is IPC_RMID or IPC_SET and the effective user ID of the calling process is not equal to that of a process with appropriate privileges and it is not equal to the value ofmsg_perm.cuidormsg_perm.uidin the data structure associated withmsqid.EPERMThe argumentcmd is IPC_SET, an attempt is being made to increase to the value ofmsg_qbytes, and the effective user ID of the calling process does not have appropriate privileges.The following sections are informative.
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The POSIX Realtime Extension defines alternative interfaces for interprocess communication (IPC). Application developers who need to use IPC should design their applications so that modules using the IPC routines described inSection 2.7,XSI InterprocessCommunication can be easily modified to use the alternative interfaces.
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Section 2.7,XSI Interprocess Communication,Section 2.8,Realtime,mq_close(3p),mq_getattr(3p),mq_notify(3p),mq_open(3p),mq_receive(3p),mq_send(3p),mq_setattr(3p),mq_unlink(3p),msgget(3p),msgrcv(3p),msgsnd(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,Section 3.226,Message Queue,sys_msg.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, seehttps://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2017MSGCTL(3P)Pages that refer to this page:sys_msg.h(0p), ipcrm(1p), mq_close(3p), mq_getattr(3p), mq_notify(3p), mq_open(3p), mq_receive(3p), mq_setattr(3p), mq_unlink(3p), msgget(3p), msgrcv(3p), msgsnd(3p)
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