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Command: sendmsg | Section: 2 | Source: MINIX | File: sendmsg.2
SENDMSG(2) System Calls Manual SENDMSG(2)
NAME
sendmsg - send a message through a socket
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/socket.h>
ssize_t sendmsg(int sd, const struct msghdr * msg, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
sendmsg() sends a message to another socket. It may be used with con-
nectionless and connection oriented sockets. At present, minix doesn't
support setting flags to any value other than 0.
RETURN VALUES
On success, this function returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and errno
is set. errno is set.
ERRORS
[ENOSYS] The operation is not implemented for the given socket.
[ENOTCONN] The socket is not connected; there is no peer.
[EFAULT] msg is NULL.
[EAFNOSUPPORT] The address family is not supported by send().
[ENAMETOOLONG] The length of sun_path is longer than UNIX_PATH_MAX.
[ENOENT] The sun_path is null.
[EPIPE] The socket is shutdown for writing.
[EMSGSIZE] The message is too big.
SEE ALSO
socket(2), recvmsg(2), sendto(2), writev(2)
HISTORY
This function first appeared in Minix 3.1.8.
SENDMSG(2)