Module nix::mqueue

Posix Message Queue functions

Further reading and details on the C API

Structs

FdFlag

MQ_OFlag

MqAttr

Functions

mq_close

Close a message queue

mq_getattr

Get message queue attributes

mq_open

Open a message queue

mq_receive

Receive a message from a message queue

mq_remove_nonblock

Convenience function. Removes O_NONBLOCK attribute for a given message queue descriptor Returns the old attributes

mq_send

Send a message to a message queue

mq_set_nonblock

Convenience function. Sets the O_NONBLOCK attribute for a given message queue descriptor Returns the old attributes

mq_setattr

Set the attributes of the message queue. Only O_NONBLOCK can be set, everything else will be ignored Returns the old attributes It is recommend to use the mq_set_nonblock() and mq_remove_nonblock() convenience functions as they are easier to use

mq_unlink

Remove a message queue

Type Definitions

mq_attr_member_t