Hi Bill, On 03/05/2015 02:31 AM, wfp5p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Looks good! Applied. Thanks very much for the patch! Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man2/msgop.2 | 140 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 138 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2 > index d1bd2125344d..2546d241e960 100644 > --- a/man2/msgop.2 > +++ b/man2/msgop.2 > @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ > .\" Language and formatting clean-ups > .\" Added notes on /proc files > .\" > -.\" FIXME Add example programs to this page. > -.\" > .TH MSGOP 2 2015-02-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > .SH NAME > msgrcv, msgsnd \- System V message queue operations > @@ -578,6 +576,144 @@ this error was not diagnosed by > This bug is fixed > .\" commit 4f87dac386cc43d5525da7a939d4b4e7edbea22c > in Linux 3.14. > +.SH EXAMPLE > +The program below demonstrates the use of > +.BR msgsnd () > +and > +.BR msgrcv (). > + > +The example program is first run with the \fB\-s\fP option to send a > +message and then run again with the \fB-r\fP option to receive a > +message. > + > +The following shell session shows a sample run of the program: > +.in +4n > +.nf > + > +.RB "$" " ./a.out \-s" > +sent: a message at Wed Mar 4 16:25:45 2015 > + > +.RB "$" " ./a.out \-r" > +message received: a message at Wed Mar 4 16:25:45 2015 > + > +.fi > +.in > +.SS Program source > +\& > +.nf > +/* msgop.c */ > + > +#include <stdio.h> > +#include <stdlib.h> > +#include <string.h> > +#include <time.h> > +#include <unistd.h> > +#include <errno.h> > +#include <sys/types.h> > +#include <sys/ipc.h> > +#include <sys/msg.h> > + > +struct msgbuf { > + long mtype; > + char mtext[80]; > +}; > + > +static void > +usage(char *prog_name, char *msg) > +{ > + if (msg != NULL) > + fputs(msg, stderr); > + > + fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [options]\\n", prog_name); > + fprintf(stderr, "Options are:\\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "\-s send message using msgsnd()\\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "\-r read message using msgrcv()\\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "\-t message type (default is 1)\\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "\-k message queue key (default is 1234)\\n"); > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > +} > + > +static void > +send_msg(int qid, int msgtype) > +{ > + struct msgbuf msg; > + time_t t; > + > + msg.mtype = msgtype; > + > + time(&t); > + snprintf(msg.mtext, sizeof(msg.mtext), "a message at %s", ctime(&t)); > + > + if (msgsnd(qid, (void *) &msg, sizeof(msg.mtext), IPC_NOWAIT) == \-1) { > + perror("msgsnd error"); > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > + } > + printf("sent: %s\\n", msg.mtext); > +} > + > +static void > +get_msg(int qid, int msgtype) > +{ > + struct msgbuf msg; > + > + if (msgrcv(qid, (void *) &msg, sizeof(msg.mtext), msgtype, > + MSG_NOERROR | IPC_NOWAIT) == \-1) { > + if (errno != ENOMSG) { > + perror("msgrcv"); > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > + } > + printf("No message available for msgrcv()\\n"); > + } else > + printf("message received: %s\\n", msg.mtext); > +} > + > +int > +main(int argc, char *argv[]) > +{ > + int qid, opt; > + int mode = 0; /* 1 = send, 2 = receive */ > + int msgtype = 1; > + int msgkey = 1234; > + > + while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "srt:k:")) != \-1) { > + switch (opt) { > + case \(aqs\(aq: > + mode = 1; > + break; > + case \(aqr\(aq: > + mode = 2; > + break; > + case \(aqt\(aq: > + msgtype = atoi(optarg); > + if (msgtype <= 0) > + usage(argv[0], "\-t option must be greater than 0\\n"); > + break; > + case \(aqk\(aq: > + msgkey = atoi(optarg); > + break; > + default: > + usage(argv[0], "Unrecognized option\\n"); > + } > + } > + > + if (mode == 0) > + usage(argv[0], "must use either \-s or \-r option\\n"); > + > + qid = msgget(msgkey, IPC_CREAT | 0666); > + > + if (qid == \-1) { > + perror("msgget"); > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > + } > + > + if (mode == 2) > + get_msg(qid, msgtype); > + else > + send_msg(qid, msgtype); > + > + exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); > +} > +.fi > .SH SEE ALSO > .BR msgctl (2), > .BR msgget (2), > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html