The POSIX message queue interfaces are listed in the following table.
Table 7–2 POSIX Message Queue Interfaces
Interface Name |
Purpose |
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Connects to, and optionally creates, a named message queue |
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Ends the connection to an open message queue |
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Ends the connection to an open message queue and causes the queue to be removed when the last process closes it |
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Places a message in the queue |
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Receives (removes) the oldest, highest priority message from the queue |
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Notifies a process or thread that a message is available in the queue |
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Set or get message queue attributes |