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.\" Copyright (c) 2005 David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information
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.\" Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
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.\" Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the
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.\" Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
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.\" Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd November 29, 2005
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.Dt MQ_GETATTR 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mq_getattr
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.Nd "get message queue attributes (REALTIME)"
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb librt
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In mqueue.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn mq_getattr "mqd_t mqdes" "struct mq_attr *mqstat"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn mq_getattr
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system call obtains status information and attributes of the message queue and
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the open message queue description associated with the message queue
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descriptor.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa mqdes
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argument specifies a message queue descriptor.
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.Pp
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The results are returned in the
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.Vt mq_attr
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structure referenced by the
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.Fa mqstat
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argument.
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.Pp
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Upon return, the following members will have the values associated with the
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open message queue description as set when the message queue was opened and
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as modified by subsequent
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.Fn mq_setattr
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calls:
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.Va mq_flags .
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.Pp
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The following attributes of the message queue will be returned as set at
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message queue creation:
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.Va mq_maxmsg , mq_msgsize .
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.Pp
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Upon return, the following members within the
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.Vt mq_attr
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structure referenced by the
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.Fa mqstat
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argument will be set to the current state
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of the message queue:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Va mq_flags"
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.It Va mq_flags
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The number of messages currently on the queue.
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn mq_getattr
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system call
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The
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.Fa mqdes
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argument is not a valid message queue descriptor.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mq_open 2 ,
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.Xr mq_send 2 ,
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.Xr mq_setattr 2 ,
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.Xr mq_timedsend 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn mq_getattr
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system call conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2004 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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Support for
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.Tn POSIX
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message queues first appeared in
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.Fx 7.0 .
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.Sh COPYRIGHT
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Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information
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Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
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Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
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Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
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original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The
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Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can
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be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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