#!/usr/bin/perl eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' if $running_under_some_shell; require 'sys/ipc.ph'; require 'sys/msg.ph'; $| = 1; $mode = shift; die "usage: ipcmsg {r|s}\n" unless $mode =~ /^[rs]$/; $send = ($mode eq "s"); $id = msgget(0x1234, ($send ? 0 : &IPC_CREAT) | 0644); die "Can't get message queue: $!\n" unless defined($id); print "message queue id: $id\n"; if ($send) { while () { chop; unless (msgsnd($id, pack("LA*", $., $_), 0)) { die "Can't send message: $!\n"; } } } else { $SIG{'INT'} = $SIG{'QUIT'} = "leave"; for (;;) { unless (msgrcv($id, $_, 512, 0, 0)) { die "Can't receive message: $!\n"; } ($type, $message) = unpack("La*", $_); printf "[%d] %s\n", $type, $message; } } &leave; sub leave { if (!$send) { $x = msgctl($id, &IPC_RMID, 0); if (!defined($x) || $x < 0) { die "Can't remove message queue: $!\n"; } } exit; }