Re: mq_receive man-page error?

[Paul Goyette <paul%vps1.whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015, Christos Zoulas wrote:

> In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1511181312100.17964%vps1.whooppee.com@localhost>,
> Paul Goyette  <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> wrote:
> > SYNOPSIS says
> >
> >      ssize_t
> >      mq_receive(mqd_t mqdes, char *msg_ptr, size_t msg_len,
> >          unsigned *msg_prio);
> >
> > RETURN VALUES says
> >      Upon successful completion, the mq_receive() and mq_timedreceive()
> >      functions return a value of zero. ...
> >
> > Seems to me that if mq_receive() returns a ssize_t, then it should be
> > returning the size of the received message?
>
> Yes, our man page is incorrect:
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/mq_receive.html

I'll update it shortly.


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