The following is a simple example of your server that receives messages from clients until it receives an "exit" message telling it to stop.
The code for the server:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <mqueue.h>
#include "common.h"
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
mqd_t mq;
struct mq_attr attr;
char buffer[MAX_SIZE + 1];
int must_stop = 0;
/* initialize the queue attributes */
attr.mq_flags = 0;
attr.mq_maxmsg = 10;
attr.mq_msgsize = MAX_SIZE;
attr.mq_curmsgs = 0;
/* create the message queue */
mq = mq_open(QUEUE_NAME, O_CREAT | O_RDONLY, 0644, &attr);
CHECK((mqd_t)-1 != mq);
do {
ssize_t bytes_read;
/* receive the message */
bytes_read = mq_receive(mq, buffer, MAX_SIZE, NULL);
CHECK(bytes_read >= 0);
buffer[bytes_read] = '\0';
if (! strncmp(buffer, MSG_STOP, strlen(MSG_STOP)))
{
must_stop = 1;
}
else
{
printf("Received: %s\n", buffer);
}
} while (!must_stop);
/* cleanup */
CHECK((mqd_t)-1 != mq_close(mq));
CHECK((mqd_t)-1 != mq_unlink(QUEUE_NAME));
return 0;
}
The code for the client:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <mqueue.h>
#include "common.h"
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
mqd_t mq;
char buffer[MAX_SIZE];
/* open the mail queue */
mq = mq_open(QUEUE_NAME, O_WRONLY);
CHECK((mqd_t)-1 != mq);
printf("Send to server (enter \"exit\" to stop it):\n");
do {
printf("> ");
fflush(stdout);
memset(buffer, 0, MAX_SIZE);
fgets(buffer, MAX_SIZE, stdin);
/* send the message */
CHECK(0 <= mq_send(mq, buffer, MAX_SIZE, 0));
} while (strncmp(buffer, MSG_STOP, strlen(MSG_STOP)));
/* cleanup */
CHECK((mqd_t)-1 != mq_close(mq));
return 0;
}
The common header:
#ifndef COMMON_H_
#define COMMON_H_
#define QUEUE_NAME "/test_queue"
#define MAX_SIZE 1024
#define MSG_STOP "exit"
#define CHECK(x) \
do { \
if (!(x)) { \
fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: ", __func__, __LINE__); \
perror(#x); \
exit(-1); \
} \
} while (0) \
#endif /* #ifndef COMMON_H_ */
Compiling:
gcc -o server server.c -lrt
gcc -o client client.c -lrt
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