NAME¶

IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class

SYNOPSIS¶

    use IPC::SysV qw(IPC_PRIVATE S_IRUSR S_IWUSR);
    use IPC::Msg;
    $msg = IPC::Msg->new(IPC_PRIVATE, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
    $msg->snd($msgtype, $msgdata);
    $msg->rcv($buf, 256);
    $ds = $msg->stat;
    $msg->remove;

DESCRIPTION¶

A class providing an object based interface to SysV IPC message queues.

METHODS¶

new ( KEY , FLAGS )

Creates a new message queue associated with "KEY". A new queue is created if

id

Returns the system message queue identifier.

rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] )

Read a message from the queue. Returns the type of the message read. See msgrcv. The BUF becomes tainted.

remove

Remove and destroy the message queue from the system.

set ( STAT )

set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] )

"set" will set the following values of the "stat" structure associated with the message queue.

    uid
    gid
    mode (oly the permission bits)
    qbytes
    

"set" accepts either a stat object, as returned by the "stat" method, or a list of name-value pairs.

snd ( TYPE, MSG [, FLAGS ] )

Place a message on the queue with the data from "MSG" and with type "TYPE". See msgsnd.

stat

Returns an object of type "IPC::Msg::stat" which is a sub-class of "Class::Struct". It provides the following fields. For a description of these fields see you system documentation.

    uid
    gid
    cuid
    cgid
    mode
    qnum
    qbytes
    lspid
    lrpid
    stime
    rtime
    ctime
    

SEE ALSO¶

IPC::SysV, Class::Struct

AUTHORS¶

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>, Marcus Holland-Moritz <mhx@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT¶

Version 2.x, Copyright (C) 2007-2010, Marcus Holland-Moritz.

Version 1.x, Copyright (c) 1997, Graham Barr.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.