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If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] .TH MQ_OPEN 3C "Feb 5, 2008" .SH NAME mq_open \- open a message queue .SH SYNOPSIS .LP .nf #include \fBmqd_t\fR \fBmq_open\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIname\fR, \fBint\fR \fIoflag\fR, \fB/* unsigned long\fR \fImode\fR, \fBmq_attr\fR \fIattr\fR */ ...); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP The \fBmq_open()\fR function establishes the connection between a process and a message queue with a message queue descriptor. It creates a open message queue description that refers to the message queue, and a message queue descriptor that refers to that open message queue description. The message queue descriptor is used by other functions to refer to that message queue. .sp .LP The \fIname\fR argument points to a string naming a message queue. The \fIname\fR argument must conform to the construction rules for a path-name. If \fIname\fR is not the name of an existing message queue and its creation is not requested, \fBmq_open()\fR fails and returns an error. The first character of \fIname\fR must be a slash (\fB/\fR) character and the remaining characters of \fIname\fR cannot include any slash characters. For maximum portability, \fIname\fR should include no more than 14 characters, but this limit is not enforced. .sp .LP The \fIoflag\fR argument requests the desired receive and/or send access to the message queue. The requested access permission to receive messages or send messages is granted if the calling process would be granted read or write access, respectively, to a file with the equivalent permissions. .sp .LP The value of \fIoflag\fR is the bitwise inclusive \fBOR\fR of values from the following list. Applications must specify exactly one of the first three values (access modes) below in the value of \fIoflag\fR: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBO_RDONLY\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n Open the message queue for receiving messages. The process can use the returned message queue descriptor with \fBmq_receive\fR(3C), but not \fBmq_send\fR(3C). A message queue may be open multiple times in the same or different processes for receiving messages. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBO_WRONLY\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n Open the queue for sending messages. The process can use the returned message queue descriptor with \fBmq_send\fR(3C) but not \fBmq_receive\fR(3C). A message queue may be open multiple times in the same or different processes for sending messages. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBO_RDWR\fR \fR .ad .RS 13n Open the queue for both receiving and sending messages. The process can use any of the functions allowed for \fBO_RDONLY\fR and \fBO_WRONLY\fR. A message queue may be open multiple times in the same or different processes for sending messages. .RE .sp .LP Any combination of the remaining flags may additionally be specified in the value of \fIoflag\fR: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBO_CREAT\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n This option is used to create a message queue, and it requires two additional arguments: \fImode\fR, which is of type \fBmode_t\fR, and \fIattr\fR, which is pointer to a \fBmq_attr\fR structure. If the pathname, \fIname\fR, has already been used to create a message queue that still exists, then this flag has no effect, except as noted under \fBO_EXCL\fR (see below). Otherwise, a message queue is created without any messages in it. .sp The user ID of the message queue is set to the effective user ID of process, and the group ID of the message queue is set to the effective group ID of the process. The file permission bits are set to the value of \fImode\fR, and modified by clearing all bits set in the file mode creation mask of the process (see \fBumask\fR(2)). .sp If \fIattr\fR is non-\fINULL\fR and the calling process has the appropriate privilege on \fIname\fR, the message queue \fImq_maxmsg\fR and \fImq_msgsize\fR attributes are set to the values of the corresponding members in the \fBmq_attr\fR structure referred to by \fIattr\fR. If \fIattr\fR is non-\fINULL\fR, but the calling process does not have the appropriate privilege on \fIname\fR, the \fBmq_open()\fR function fails and returns an error without creating the message queue. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBO_EXCL\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n If both \fBO_EXCL\fR and \fBO_CREAT\fR are set, \fBmq_open()\fR will fail if the message queue \fIname\fR exists. The check for the existence of the message queue and the creation of the message queue if it does not exist are atomic with respect to other processes executing \fBmq_open()\fR naming the same \fIname\fR with both \fBO_EXCL\fR and \fBO_CREAT\fR set. If \fBO_EXCL\fR and \fBO_CREAT\fR are not set, the result is undefined. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBO_NONBLOCK\fR \fR .ad .RS 15n The setting of this flag is associated with the open message queue description and determines whether a \fBmq_send\fR(3C) or \fBmq_receive\fR(3C) waits for resources or messages that are not currently available, or fails with \fBerrno\fR set to \fBEAGAIN\fR. See \fBmq_send\fR(3C) and \fBmq_receive\fR(3C) for details. .RE .SH RETURN VALUES .sp .LP Upon successful completion, \fBmq_open()\fR returns a message queue descriptor; otherwise the function returns \fB(mqd_t)\(mi1\fR and sets \fBerrno\fR to indicate the error condition. .SH ERRORS .sp .LP The \fBmq_open()\fR function will fail if: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBEACCES\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n The message queue exists and the permissions specified by \fIoflag\fR are denied, or the message queue does not exist and permission to create the message queue is denied. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBEEXIST\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n \fBO_CREAT\fR and \fBO_EXCL\fR are set and the named message queue already exists. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBEINTR\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n The \fBmq_open()\fR operation was interrupted by a signal. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBEINVAL\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n The \fBmq_open()\fR operation is not supported for the given name, or \fBO_CREAT\fR was specified in \fIoflag\fR, the value of \fIattr\fR is not \fINULL,\fR and either \fBmq_maxmsg\fR or \fBmq_msgsize\fR was less than or equal to zero. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBEMFILE\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n The number of open message queue descriptors in this process exceeds \fBMQ_OPEN_MAX,\fR of the number of open file descriptors in this process exceeds \fBOPEN_MAX.\fR .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBENAMETOOLONG\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n The length of the \fIname\fR string exceeds \fBPATH_MAX,\fR or a pathname component is longer than \fINAME_MAX\fR while \fB_POSIX_NO_TRUNC\fR is in effect. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBENFILE\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n Too many message queues are currently open in the system. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBENOENT\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n \fBO_CREAT\fR is not set and the named message queue does not exist. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBENOSPC\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n There is insufficient space for the creation of the new message queue. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fBENOSYS\fR \fR .ad .RS 17n The \fBmq_open()\fR function is not supported by the system. .RE .SH ATTRIBUTES .sp .LP See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: .sp .sp .TS box; c | c l | l . ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE _ Interface Stability Committed _ MT-Level MT-Safe _ Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5). .TE .SH SEE ALSO .sp .LP \fBexec\fR(2), \fBexit\fR(2), \fBumask\fR(2), \fBsysconf\fR(3C), \fBmqueue.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBmq_close\fR(3C), \fBmq_receive\fR(3C), \fBmq_send\fR(3C), \fBmq_setattr\fR(3C), \fBmq_unlink\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5) .SH NOTES .sp .LP Due to the manner in which message queues are implemented, they should not be considered secure and should not be used in security-sensitive applications. .sp .LP Solaris 2.6 was the first release to support the Asynchronous Input and Output option. Prior to this release, this function always returned \fB\(mi1\fR and set \fBerrno\fR to \fBENOSYS\fR.