checking how many messages in msg queue using msgctl commands

[smegly]

Hi,

does anyone know how i can check how many messages are in the message queue, i tried IPC_STAT but it gives me a constant of 2.

any help would be appreciated!!

[Hammer]

    struct msqid_ds ds;

    if (msgctl(msqid, IPC_STAT, &ds) == -1) 
    {
      perror ("msgctl");
    }
    else
    {
      printf ("There are %d msgs on the q\n", ds.msg_qnum);
    }

[smegly]

thanks mate