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msgget KEY,FLAGS

Calls the System V IPC function msgget(2). Returns the message queue id, or undef on error. See also "SysV IPC" in perlipc and the documentation for IPC::SysV and IPC::Msg.

Portability issues: "msgget" in perlport.