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38.Dd February 21, 2014
39.Dt MQ_GETATTR 2
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm mq_getattr
43.Nd "get message queue attributes (REALTIME)"
44.Sh LIBRARY
45.Lb librt
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.In mqueue.h
48.Ft int
49.Fn mq_getattr "mqd_t mqdes" "struct mq_attr *mqstat"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn mq_getattr
53system call obtains status information and attributes of the message queue and
54the open message queue description associated with the message queue
55descriptor.
56.Pp
57The
58.Fa mqdes
59argument specifies a message queue descriptor.
60.Pp
61The results are returned in the
62.Vt mq_attr
63structure referenced by the
64.Fa mqstat
65argument.
66.Pp
67Upon return, the following members will have the values associated with the
68open message queue description as set when the message queue was opened and
69as modified by subsequent
70.Fn mq_setattr
71calls:
72.Va mq_flags .
73.Pp
74The following attributes of the message queue will be returned as set at
75message queue creation:
76.Va mq_maxmsg , mq_msgsize .
77.Pp
78Upon return, the following members within the
79.Vt mq_attr
80structure referenced by the
81.Fa mqstat
82argument will be set to the current state
83of the message queue:
84.Bl -tag -width ".Va mq_curmsgs"
85.It Va mq_curmsgs
86The number of messages currently on the queue.
87.El
88.Sh RETURN VALUES
89.Rv -std
90.Sh ERRORS
91The
92.Fn mq_getattr
93system call
94will fail if:
95.Bl -tag -width Er
96.It Bq Er EBADF
97The
98.Fa mqdes
99argument is not a valid message queue descriptor.
100.El
101.Sh SEE ALSO
102.Xr mq_open 2 ,
103.Xr mq_send 2 ,
104.Xr mq_setattr 2 ,
105.Xr mq_timedsend 2
106.Sh STANDARDS
107The
108.Fn mq_getattr
109system call conforms to
110.St -p1003.1-2004 .
111.Sh HISTORY
112Support for
113.Tn POSIX
114message queues first appeared in
115.Fx 7.0 .
116.Sh COPYRIGHT
117Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
118from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition, Standard for Information Technology --
119Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
120Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by the Institute of
121Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the
122event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
123The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is
124the referee document.  The original Standard can be obtained online at
125http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html.
126