hpux man page for msgget

msgget(2)							System Calls Manual							 msgget(2)

NAME
       msgget - get message queue

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       returns the message queue identifier associated with key.

       A message queue identifier and associated message queue and data structure are created for key if one of the following is true:

	      key  is  equal  to  This	call  creates  a new identifier, subject to available resources.  The identifier will never be returned by
	      another call to until it has been released by a call to The identifier should be used among the calling process and its descendents;
	      however, it is not a requirement.  The resource can be accessed by any process having the proper permissions.

	      key does not already have a message queue identifier associated with it, and (msgflg is "true".

	      On  creation  of	a  new	queue,	queue  sizes above 64Kbytes can only be constructed when the application is compiled with the flag
	      defined either explicitly with a in the source or with at compile time.

	      WARNING: Programs compiled on HP-UX revisions prior to 11i Version 1 use old 16-bit structure fields (obtained  via  of  the  system
	      call)  which  can  describe  queue sizes only up to 64KBytes.  Care must be taken such that queues shared with such programs are not
	      made larger than 64KBytes (i.e., that is not specified when compiling the caller of Or, those existing  programs	should	be  recom-
	      piled.  Or, the system administrator should restrict the kernel tunable parameter to 64KBytes or less.

       Upon creation, the data structure associated with the new message queue identifier is initialized as follows:

	      and are set equal to the effective user ID and effective group ID, respectively, of the calling process.

	      The low-order 9 bits of are set equal to the low-order 9 bits of msgflg.

	      and are set equal to 0.

	      is set equal to the current time.

	      is set equal to the system limit.

   Security Restrictions
       Some or all of the actions associated with this system call are subject to compartmental restrictions.  See compartments(5) for more infor-
       mation about compartmentalization on systems that support that feature.

       Compartmental restrictions can be overridden if the process possesses the privilege (PRIV_COMMALLOWED).	Processes owned by  the  superuser
       may not have this privilege.  Processes owned by any user may have this privilege, depending on system configuration.

       See privileges(5) for more information about privileged access on systems that support fine-grained privileges.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful  completion, a non-negative integer, namely a message queue identifier, is returned.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned
       and is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       fails if one or more of the following is true:

       A message queue identifier exists for
		      key, but operation permission as specified by the low-order 9 bits of msgflg would not be granted.

       A message queue identifier does not exist for
		      key and (msgflg is "false".

       A message queue identifier is to be created but the system-imposed limit
		      on the maximum number of allowed message queue identifiers system wide would be exceeded.

       A message queue identifier exists for
		      key but ((msgflg & && (msgflg & is "true".

SEE ALSO
       ipcrm(1), ipcs(1), msgctl(2), msgop(2), stdipc(3C), privileges(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
																	 msgget(2)