IPC::Msg

version 1.00

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#NAME

IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class

#SYNOPSIS

use IPC::SysV qw(IPC_PRIVATE S_IRWXU S_IRWXG S_IRWXO);
use IPC::Msg;
$msg = new IPC::Msg(IPC_PRIVATE, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
$msg->snd(pack("L a*",$msgtype,$msg));
$msg->rcv($buf,256);
$ds = $msg->stat;
$msg->remove;

#DESCRIPTION

#METHODS

#new ( KEY , FLAGS )

Creates a new message queue associated with KEY. A new queue is created if

KEY is equal to IPC_PRIVATE
KEY does not already have a message queue associated with it, and FLAGS & IPC_CREAT is true.

On creation of a new message queue FLAGS is used to set the permissions.

#id

Returns the system message queue identifier.

#rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] )

Read a message from the queue. Returns the type of the message read. See msgrcv

#remove

Remove and destroy the message queue from the system.

#set ( STAT )

#set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] )

set will set the following values of the stat structure associated with the message queue.

uid
gid
mode (oly the permission bits)
qbytes

set accepts either a stat object, as returned by the stat method, or a list of name-value pairs.

#snd ( TYPE, MSG [, FLAGS ] )

Place a message on the queue with the data from MSG and with type TYPE. See msgsnd.

#stat

Returns an object of type IPC::Msg::stat which is a sub-class of Class::Struct. It provides the following fields. For a description of these fields see you system documentation.

uid
gid
cuid
cgid
mode
qnum
qbytes
lspid
lrpid
stime
rtime
ctime

#SEE ALSO

IPC::SysV Class::Struct

#AUTHOR

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>