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MQOPEN(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual MQOPEN(3P)

PROLOG top

   This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   mq_open — open a message queue (**REALTIME**)

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <mqueue.h>

   mqd_t mq_open(const char *_name_, int _oflag_, ...);

DESCRIPTION top

   The _mqopen_() function shall establish the connection between a
   process and a message queue with a message queue descriptor. It
   shall create an 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. The _name_
   argument points to a string naming a message queue. It is
   unspecified whether the name appears in the file system and is
   visible to other functions that take pathnames as arguments. The
   _name_ argument conforms to the construction rules for a pathname,
   except that the interpretation of <slash> characters other than
   the leading <slash> character in _name_ is implementation-defined,
   and that the length limits for the _name_ argument are
   implementation-defined and need not be the same as the pathname
   limits {PATH_MAX} and {NAME_MAX}.  If _name_ begins with the <slash>
   character, then processes calling _mqopen_() with the same value of
   _name_ shall refer to the same message queue object, as long as that
   name has not been removed. If _name_ does not begin with the <slash>
   character, the effect is implementation-defined. If the _name_
   argument is not the name of an existing message queue and creation
   is not requested, _mqopen_() shall fail and return an error.

   A message queue descriptor may be implemented using a file
   descriptor, in which case applications can open up to at least
   {OPEN_MAX} file and message queues.

   The _oflag_ argument requests the desired receive and/or send access
   to the message queue. The requested access permission to receive
   messages or send messages shall be granted if the calling process
   would be granted read or write access, respectively, to an
   equivalently protected file.

   The value of _oflag_ is the bitwise-inclusive OR of values from the
   following list.  Applications shall specify exactly one of the
   first three values (access modes) below in the value of _oflag_:

   O_RDONLY    Open the message queue for receiving messages. The
               process can use the returned message queue descriptor
               with _mqreceive_(), but not _mqsend_().  A message queue
               may be open multiple times in the same or different
               processes for receiving messages.

   O_WRONLY    Open the queue for sending messages. The process can
               use the returned message queue descriptor with
               _mqsend_() but not _mqreceive_().  A message queue may
               be open multiple times in the same or different
               processes for sending messages.

   O_RDWR      Open the queue for both receiving and sending
               messages. The process can use any of the functions
               allowed for O_RDONLY and O_WRONLY. A message queue may
               be open multiple times in the same or different
               processes for sending messages.

   Any combination of the remaining flags may be specified in the
   value of _oflag_:

   O_CREAT     Create a message queue. It requires two additional
               arguments: _mode_, which shall be of type **mode_t**, and
               _attr_, which shall be a pointer to an **mq_attr**
               structure. If the pathname _name_ has already been used
               to create a message queue that still exists, then this
               flag shall have no effect, except as noted under
               O_EXCL.  Otherwise, a message queue shall be created
               without any messages in it. The user ID of the message
               queue shall be set to the effective user ID of the
               process. The group ID of the message queue shall be
               set to the effective group ID of the process; however,
               if the _name_ argument is visible in the file system,
               the group ID may be set to the group ID of the
               containing directory. When bits in _mode_ other than the
               file permission bits are specified, the effect is
               unspecified. If _attr_ is NULL, the message queue shall
               be created with implementation-defined default message
               queue attributes. If _attr_ is non-NULL and the calling
               process has appropriate privileges on _name_, the
               message queue _mqmaxmsg_ and _mqmsgsize_ attributes
               shall be set to the values of the corresponding
               members in the **mq_attr** structure referred to by _attr_.
               The values of the _mqflags_ and _mqcurmsgs_ members of
               the **mq_attr** structure shall be ignored. If _attr_ is
               non-NULL, but the calling process does not have
               appropriate privileges on _name_, the _mqopen_() function
               shall fail and return an error without creating the
               message queue.

   O_EXCL      If O_EXCL and O_CREAT are set, _mqopen_() shall fail if
               the message queue _name_ exists. The check for the
               existence of the message queue and the creation of the
               message queue if it does not exist shall be atomic
               with respect to other threads executing _mqopen_()
               naming the same _name_ with O_EXCL and O_CREAT set. If
               O_EXCL is set and O_CREAT is not set, the result is
               undefined.

   O_NONBLOCK  Determines whether an _mqsend_() or _mqreceive_() waits
               for resources or messages that are not currently
               available, or fails with _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to **[EAGAIN]**; see
               [mq_send(3p)](../man3/mq%5Fsend.3p.html) and [mq_receive(3p)](../man3/mq%5Freceive.3p.html) for details.

   The _mqopen_() function does not add or remove messages from the
   queue.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon successful completion, the function shall return a message
   queue descriptor; otherwise, the function shall return (**mqd_t**)-1
   and set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

   The _mqopen_() function shall fail if:

   **EACCES** The message queue exists and the permissions specified by
          _oflag_ are denied, or the message queue does not exist and
          permission to create the message queue is denied.

   **EEXIST** O_CREAT and O_EXCL are set and the named message queue
          already exists.

   **EINTR** The _mqopen_() function was interrupted by a signal.

   **EINVAL** The _mqopen_() function is not supported for the given name.

   **EINVAL** O_CREAT was specified in _oflag_, the value of _attr_ is not
          NULL, and either _mqmaxmsg_ or _mqmsgsize_ was less than or
          equal to zero.

   **EMFILE** Too many message queue descriptors or file descriptors are
          currently in use by this process.

   **ENFILE** Too many message queues are currently open in the system.

   **ENOENT** O_CREAT is not set and the named message queue does not
          exist.

   **ENOSPC** There is insufficient space for the creation of the new
          message queue.

   If any of the following conditions occur, the _mqopen_() function
   may return (**mqd_t**)-1 and set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to the corresponding value.

   **ENAMETOOLONG**
          The length of the _name_ argument exceeds {_POSIX_PATH_MAX}
          on systems that do not support the XSI option or exceeds
          {_XOPEN_PATH_MAX} on XSI systems, or has a pathname
          component that is longer than {_POSIX_NAME_MAX} on systems
          that do not support the XSI option or longer than
          {_XOPEN_NAME_MAX} on XSI systems.

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

   None.

APPLICATION USAGE top

   None.

RATIONALE top

   None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   A future version might require the _mqopen_() and _mqunlink_()
   functions to have semantics similar to normal file system
   operations.

SEE ALSO top

   [mq_close(3p)](../man3/mq%5Fclose.3p.html), [mq_getattr(3p)](../man3/mq%5Fgetattr.3p.html), [mq_receive(3p)](../man3/mq%5Freceive.3p.html), [mq_send(3p)](../man3/mq%5Fsend.3p.html),
   [mq_setattr(3p)](../man3/mq%5Fsetattr.3p.html), [mq_unlink(3p)](../man3/mq%5Funlink.3p.html), [msgctl(3p)](../man3/msgctl.3p.html), [msgget(3p)](../man3/msgget.3p.html), [msgrcv(3p)](../man3/msgrcv.3p.html),
   [msgsnd(3p)](../man3/msgsnd.3p.html)

   The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [mqueue.h(0p)](../man0/mqueue.h.0p.html)

COPYRIGHT top

   Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
   form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
   Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
   Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
   (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
   Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
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