Module nix::mqueue [−] [src]

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