## NAME

mq_receive - receive a message from a message queue

## SYNOPSIS

#include <mqueue.h>

ssize_t mq_receive(mqd_t mqdes , char *msg_ptr,
  size_t msg_len,
  unsigned int *msg_prio );
struct mq_attr {
  long mq_flags; /* message queue flags */
  long mq_maxmsg; /* maximum number of messages */
  long mq_msgsize; /* maximum message size */
  long mq_curmsgs; /* number of messages currently queued */
  ...
};

## DESCRIPTION

mq_receive() is used to receive the oldest of the highest priority message(s) from the message queue specified by mqdes . If the size of the buffer in bytes, specified by msg_len , is less than the mq_msgsize attribute of the message queue, the function fails and returns an error. Otherwise, the selected message is removed from the queue and copied to the buffer pointed to by msg_ptr.

If msg_prio is not NULL, the priority of the selected message is stored in the location referenced by msg_prio .

If the specified message queue is empty and O_NONBLOCK is not set in the message queue description associated with mqdes , (see mq_open() and mq_setattr() ), mq_receive() blocks, waiting until a message is enqueued on the message queue. If more than one thread is waiting to receive a message when a message arrives at an empty queue, then the thread of highest priority that has been waiting the longest is selected to receive the message. If the specified message queue is empty and O_NONBLOCK is set in the message queue description associated with mqdes , no message is removed from the queue, and mq_receive() returns an error.

## RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, mq_receive() returns the length of the selected message in bytes and the message will have been removed from the queue. Otherwise, no message is removed from the queue, the function returns a value of -1 , and sets errno to indicate the error condition.

## ERRORS

EAGAIN
  O_NONBLOCK was set in the message description associated with mqdes , and the specified message queue is empty.
EBADF
  mqdes is not a valid message queue descriptor open for reading.
EMSGSIZE
  msg_len is less than the message size attribute of the message queue.

## SEE ALSO

mq_open(), mq_send(), mq_setattr(), mq_timedreceive()

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