Message passing in Minix3

Asked Nov 24 '15 at 09:31

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I need to write a simple application that sends messages between two processes in Minix. I need some guidance on how to do this. I checked the Minix documentation and it says that only sendrec(src_dst, &message); can be used to send messages and wait for messages on Minix.

I have no idea how to use it in real world so if someone can post a very simple minimal example on how to use this call to send and receive messages, it would be very helpful.

asked Nov 24 '15 at 09:31

Elsban

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Did you know there was a book on Minix? ISBN-13: 978-0131429383 / ISBN-10: 0131429388. – Alexey Frunze Nov 24 '15 at 11:34
I have that one but no practical examples are there at all. – Elsban Nov 24 '15 at 19:59
I'm sure you are either trying to write this in C++ or C. Which? – abligh Nov 24 '15 at 21:20
I'm trying to do this in C – Elsban Nov 24 '15 at 21:33
Then please remove the 'c++' tag – user3629249 Nov 25 '15 at 03:41
@Elsban Well, I guess, you haven't spent enough time with the book or the code yet. – Alexey Frunze Nov 25 '15 at 07:57

Message passing in Minix3

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