mqrs/mqrs.1

.\" Manpage for mqrs
.TH man 1 "27 June 2021" "0.1.1" "mqrs man page"
.SH NAME
mqrs \- Handle POSIX message queues
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mqrs [\-h] [\-\-help] [\-v] [\-\-verbose] [\-V] [\-\-version] [SUBCOMMAND]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mqrs
is a small cli program to handle POSIX message queues. Supported commands are
.B create\
,
.B info\
,
.B unlink\
,
.B send
and
.B recv
.
All commands do not have to be specified fully. If the command is
clearly distinguishable from all the others, it does not have to be
completed further.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 8
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints help information
.TP 8
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Produce verbose output
.TP 8
.B \-V, \-\-version
Prints version information
.SH SUBCOMMANDS
.SS create [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Create a new POSIX message queue.
.TP 8
.SS ARGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Name of the new queue
.RE
.TP 8
.SS FLAGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints help information
.TP 8
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Produce verbose output
.TP 8
.SS OPTIONS
.RS
.B \-c, \-\-capacity \fI<capacity>\fP
Maximum number of messages in the queue
.TP 8
.B \-s, \-\-msgsize \fI<msgsize>\fP
Message size in bytes
.TP 8
.B \-p, \-\-permissions \fI<permissions>\fP
Permissions (octal) to create the queue with
.RE
.SS help [SUBCOMMAND]
Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand.
.TP 8
.SS ARGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \fI<SUBCOMMAND>\fP
Show help for \fISUBCOMMAND\fP
.RE
.SS info [FLAGS] \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Print further information about an existing message queue.
.TP 8
.SS ARGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Name of the queue
.RE
.TP 8
.SS FLAGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints help information
.TP 8
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Produce verbose output
.RE
.SS recv [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Receive and print one or more messages message from a message queue.
.TP 8
.SS ARGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Name of the queue
.RE
.TP 8
.SS FLAGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \-f, \-\-follow
Print messages as they are received
.TP 8
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints help information
.TP 8
.B \-n, \-\-non\-blocking
Do not block
.TP 8
.B \-t, \-\-timestamp
Print a timestamp before each message
.TP 8
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Produce verbose output
.RE
.TP 8
.SS OPTIONS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \-d, \-\-deadline \fI<deadline>\fP
Deadline until messages are received (format: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
.TP 8
.B \-o, \-\-timeout \fI<timeout>\fP
Timeout as for example in "5h 23min 42ms"
.RE
.SS send [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] \fI<QUEUE>\fP \fI<MESSAGE>\fP
Send a message to a message queue.
.TP 8
.SS ARGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Name of the queue
.TP 8
.B \fI<MESSAGE>\fP
Message to be sent to the queue
.RE
.TP 8
.SS FLAGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints help information
.TP 8
.B \-n, \-\-non\-blocking
Do not block
.TP 8
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Produce verbose output
.RE
.TP 8
.SS OPTIONS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \-d, \-\-deadline \fI<deadline>\fP
Deadline until messages are received (format: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
.TP 8
.B \-p, \-\-priority \fI<priority>\fP
Set a different priority than default, priority >= 0 [default: 0]
.TP 8
.B \-o, \-\-timeout \fI<timeout>\fP
Timeout as for example in "5h 23min 42ms"
.RE
.SS unlink [FLAGS] \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Deletes an existing POSIX message queue.
.TP 8
.SS ARGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \fI<QUEUE>\fP
Name of the queue
.RE
.TP 8
.SS FLAGS
.RS
.TP 8
.B \-h, \-\-help
Prints help information
.TP 8
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Produce verbose output
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
mq_overview(7)
.SH BUGS
No known bugs.
.SH AUTHOR
finga (mqrs@onders.org)