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From: blum@drutx.ATT.COM (Mark Blumhardt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: System V message queues?
Summary: #define key
Message-ID: <10492@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 89 14:57:47 GMT
References: <561@pvab.PVAB.SE>
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO
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In article <561@pvab.PVAB.SE>, robert@PVAB.SE (Robert Claeson) writes:
> But how
> do I pass the queue id to the new process? I could probably use sema-
> phores or shared memory for this, but how do I then pass the semaphore
> id to the new process? 

Since my applications usually run on dedicated machines, I can choose
the keys that I use.  I just use a #define in a global header file.
Each process can use that key and access that message queue.

Mark Blumhardt