3 * Copyright (C) 2010 Simone Piccardi
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19 /*****************************************************************************
21 * File message_setter: Set a message in a shared memory segment,
22 * protecting it with a semaphore.
24 * Author: S. Piccardi Jan. 2010
26 *****************************************************************************/
27 #include <sys/types.h> /* primitive system data types */
28 #include <sys/stat.h> /* file characteristics constants and functions */
29 #include <dirent.h> /* directory operation constants and functions */
30 #include <unistd.h> /* unix standard library */
31 #include <stdlib.h> /* C standard library */
32 #include <string.h> /* C strings library */
34 #include <semaphore.h>
37 * Program message_setter
39 * List files and their size inside a given directory
41 /* Help printing routine */
44 #define MSGMAXSIZE 256
46 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
50 char *shmname = "messages";
51 char *semname = "messages";
54 * Input section: decode command line parameters
57 opterr = 0; /* don't want writing to stderr */
58 while ( (i = getopt(argc, argv, "hf:s:t:")) != -1) {
63 case 'h': /* help option */
64 printf("Wrong -h option use\n");
75 t = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
77 case '?': /* unrecognized options */
78 printf("Unrecognized options -%c\n",optopt);
80 default: /* should not reached */
84 /* ***********************************************************
86 * Options processing completed
90 * ***********************************************************/
91 if ((argc - optind) != 1) { /* There must be remaing parameters */
92 printf("Wrong number of arguments %d\n", argc - optind);
95 // get shared memory segment
96 shm_ptr = FindShm(shmname, MSGMAXSIZE);
97 if ( shm_ptr == NULL) {
98 perror("Cannot find shared memory");
102 if ( (sem = sem_open(semname, 0)) == SEM_FAILED ) {
103 perror("Cannot open semaphore");
107 if ( sem_wait(sem) != 0) {
108 perror("cannot use semaphore");
111 strncpy((char *) shm_ptr, argv[optind], MSGMAXSIZE); // modify message
112 printf("Sleeping for %i seconds\n", t); // print sleep value
115 if ( sem_post(sem) != 0) {
116 perror("cannot release semaphore");
123 * routine to print usage info and exit
126 printf("Program message_setter: put a message in shared memory segment \n");
128 printf(" message_setter [-h] [-f shmname] message \n");
129 printf(" -h print this help\n");
130 printf(" -f shmname use shmname memory segment\n");
131 printf(" -s semname use semname semaphore\n");
132 printf(" -n time seconds to wait\n");