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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
       connectionless 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.

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