/* ** kirk.c -- writes to a message queue */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include struct my_msgbuf { long mtype; char mtext[200]; }; int main(void) { struct my_msgbuf buf; int msqid; key_t key; if ((key = ftok("kirk.c", 'B')) == -1) { perror("ftok"); exit(1); } if ((msqid = msgget(key, 0644 | IPC_CREAT)) == -1) { perror("msgget"); exit(1); } printf("Enter lines of text, ^D to quit:\n"); buf.mtype = 1; /* we don't really care in this case */ while(fgets(buf.mtext, sizeof buf.mtext, stdin) != NULL) { int len = strlen(buf.mtext); /* ditch newline at end, if it exists */ if (buf.mtext[len-1] == '\n') buf.mtext[len-1] = '\0'; if (msgsnd(msqid, &buf, len+1, 0) == -1) /* +1 for '\0' */ perror("msgsnd"); } if (msgctl(msqid, IPC_RMID, NULL) == -1) { perror("msgctl"); exit(1); } return 0; }