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SENDMSG(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual SENDMSG(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
sendmsg — send a message on a socket using a message structureSYNOPSIS top
#include <sys/socket.h>
ssize_t sendmsg(int _socket_, const struct msghdr *_message_, int _flags_);DESCRIPTION top
The _sendmsg_() function shall send a message through a connection-
mode or connectionless-mode socket. If the socket is a
connectionless-mode socket, the message shall be sent to the
address specified by **msghdr** if no pre-specified peer address has
been set. If a peer address has been pre-specified, either the
message shall be sent to the address specified in **msghdr**
(overriding the pre-specified peer address), or the function shall
return -1 and set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to **[EISCONN]**. If the socket is
connection-mode, the destination address in **msghdr** shall be
ignored.
The _sendmsg_() function takes the following arguments:
_socket_ Specifies the socket file descriptor.
_message_ Points to a **msghdr** structure, containing both the
destination address and the buffers for the outgoing
message. The length and format of the address depend
on the address family of the socket. The _msgflags_
member is ignored.
_flags_ Specifies the type of message transmission. The
application may specify 0 or the following flag:
MSG_EOR Terminates a record (if supported by the
protocol).
MSG_OOB Sends out-of-band data on sockets that
support out-of-bound data. The
significance and semantics of out-of-
band data are protocol-specific.
MSG_NOSIGNAL Requests not to send the SIGPIPE signal
if an attempt to send is made on a
stream-oriented socket that is no longer
connected. The **[EPIPE]** error shall still
be returned.
The _msgiov_ and _msgiovlen_ fields of _message_ specify zero or more
buffers containing the data to be sent. _msgiov_ points to an
array of **iovec** structures; _msgiovlen_ shall be set to the
dimension of this array. In each **iovec** structure, the _iovbase_
field specifies a storage area and the _iovlen_ field gives its
size in bytes. Some of these sizes can be zero. The data from each
storage area indicated by _msgiov_ is sent in turn.
Successful completion of a call to _sendmsg_() does not guarantee
delivery of the message. A return value of -1 indicates only
locally-detected errors.
If space is not available at the sending socket to hold the
message to be transmitted and the socket file descriptor does not
have O_NONBLOCK set, the _sendmsg_() function shall block until
space is available. If space is not available at the sending
socket to hold the message to be transmitted and the socket file
descriptor does have O_NONBLOCK set, the _sendmsg_() function shall
fail.
If the socket protocol supports broadcast and the specified
address is a broadcast address for the socket protocol, _sendmsg_()
shall fail if the SO_BROADCAST option is not set for the socket.
The socket in use may require the process to have appropriate
privileges to use the _sendmsg_() function.RETURN VALUE top
Upon successful completion, _sendmsg_() shall return the number of
bytes sent. Otherwise, -1 shall be returned and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ set to
indicate the error.ERRORS top
The _sendmsg_() function shall fail if:
**EAGAIN** or **EWOULDBLOCK**
The socket's file descriptor is marked O_NONBLOCK and the
requested operation would block.
**EAFNOSUPPORT**
Addresses in the specified address family cannot be used
with this socket.
**EBADF** The _socket_ argument is not a valid file descriptor.
**ECONNRESET**
A connection was forcibly closed by a peer.
**EINTR** A signal interrupted _sendmsg_() before any data was
transmitted.
**EINVAL** The sum of the _iovlen_ values overflows an **ssize_t**.
**EMSGSIZE**
The message is too large to be sent all at once (as the
socket requires), or the _msgiovlen_ member of the **msghdr**
structure pointed to by _message_ is less than or equal to 0
or is greater than {IOV_MAX}.
**ENOTCONN**
The socket is connection-mode but is not connected.
**ENOTSOCK**
The _socket_ argument does not refer to a socket.
**EOPNOTSUPP**
The _socket_ argument is associated with a socket that does
not support one or more of the values set in _flags_.
**EPIPE** The socket is shut down for writing, or the socket is
connection-mode and is no longer connected. In the latter
case, and if the socket is of type SOCK_STREAM or
SOCK_SEQPACKET and the MSG_NOSIGNAL flag is not set, the
SIGPIPE signal is generated to the calling thread.
If the address family of the socket is AF_UNIX, then _sendmsg_()
shall fail if:
**EIO** An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the
file system.
**ELOOP** A loop exists in symbolic links encountered during
resolution of the pathname in the socket address.
**ENAMETOOLONG**
The length of a component of a pathname is longer than
{NAME_MAX}.
**ENOENT** A component of the pathname does not name an existing file
or the path name is an empty string.
**ENOTDIR**
A component of the path prefix of the pathname in the
socket address names an existing file that is neither a
directory nor a symbolic link to a directory, or the
pathname in the socket address contains at least one
non-<slash> character and ends with one or more trailing
<slash> characters and the last pathname component names an
existing file that is neither a directory nor a symbolic
link to a directory.
The _sendmsg_() function may fail if:
**EACCES** Search permission is denied for a component of the path
prefix; or write access to the named socket is denied.
**EDESTADDRREQ**
The socket is not connection-mode and does not have its
peer address set, and no destination address was specified.
**EHOSTUNREACH**
The destination host cannot be reached (probably because
the host is down or a remote router cannot reach it).
**EIO** An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the
file system.
**EISCONN**
A destination address was specified and the socket is
already connected.
**ENETDOWN**
The local network interface used to reach the destination
is down.
**ENETUNREACH**
No route to the network is present.
**ENOBUFS**
Insufficient resources were available in the system to
perform the operation.
**ENOMEM** Insufficient memory was available to fulfill the request.
If the address family of the socket is AF_UNIX, then _sendmsg_() may
fail if:
**ELOOP** More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered
during resolution of the pathname in the socket address.
**ENAMETOOLONG**
The length of a pathname exceeds {PATH_MAX}, or pathname
resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate
result with a length that exceeds {PATH_MAX}.
_The following sections are informative._EXAMPLES top
Done.APPLICATION USAGE top
The _select_() and _poll_() functions can be used to determine when it
is possible to send more data.RATIONALE top
None.FUTURE DIRECTIONS top
None.SEE ALSO top
[getsockopt(3p)](../man3/getsockopt.3p.html), [poll(3p)](../man3/poll.3p.html), [pselect(3p)](../man3/pselect.3p.html), [recv(3p)](../man3/recv.3p.html), [recvfrom(3p)](../man3/recvfrom.3p.html),
[recvmsg(3p)](../man3/recvmsg.3p.html), [send(3p)](../man3/send.3p.html), [sendto(3p)](../man3/sendto.3p.html), [setsockopt(3p)](../man3/setsockopt.3p.html), [shutdown(3p)](../man3/shutdown.3p.html),
[socket(3p)](../man3/socket.3p.html)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [sys_socket.h(0p)](../man0/sys%5Fsocket.h.0p.html)COPYRIGHT top
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Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
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