Cogent C API and Utilities : Version 6.4
	Inter-Process Communication Functions

`IP_TaskSendAsync`

IP_TaskSendAsync — transmits a message via qserve and returns immediately.

Syntax

#include <cogent.h>
int IP_TaskSendAsync( IP_Task*   myself, 
  IP_Task*   receiver, 
  IP_Msg*   smsg, 
  int   priority);

Arguments

myself: A task structure referring to the current task.
receiver: The task receiving the message.
smgs: The message structure containing the data to send.
priority: The queue priority for this message..

Returns

0 on success, or -1 on failure and errno is set.

Description

This function transmits a message from myself to the receiver via qserve, and returns immediately. This is nominally a non-blocking call, though it is in fact implemented as a synchronous send to qserve, which itself is non-blocking. There is no reply from the receiver.

See Also

Sending Messages, IP_TaskInitAsync, IP_TaskWaitAsync, IP_TaskCloseAsync, IP_TaskSendSync, IP_TaskSendRaw


IP_TaskNew		IP_TaskSendRaw

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