xmltodispatcher.cpp

send an input on a linux socket.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>


#include <sys/msg.h>

#define MAX_TEXT 512

struct my_msg_st {
    long int my_msg_type;
    char some_text[MAX_TEXT];
};

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    int running = 1;
    struct my_msg_st some_data;
    int msgid;
    char buffer[BUFSIZ];

    msgid = msgget((key_t)1365, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);

    if (msgid == -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "msgget failed with error: %d\n", msgid ), 
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

//    	printf("Enter some text: ");        
//	fgets(buffer, BUFSIZ, stdin);        
	some_data.my_msg_type = 1;        
//	strcpy(some_data.some_text, buffer);

	printf ( "%s", argv[1]);
        FILE *fl = fopen(argv[1], "r");
        fseek(fl, 0, SEEK_END);
        long len = ftell(fl);
        char *ret = (char*) malloc(len);
        fseek(fl, 0, SEEK_SET);
        fread(ret, 1, len, fl);
	strcpy(some_data.some_text, ret);

	printf( "%ld ,%s" , len, some_data.some_text );
while(1)
{
	sleep(1);
        if (msgsnd(msgid, (void *)&some_data, len, 0) == -1) {
        fprintf(stderr, "msgsnd failed\n");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);        }
        if (strncmp(buffer, "end", 3) == 0) {
                running = 0;
        }
     
}
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}