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Technical Reference: Communications, Volume 2


linkb Utility

Purpose

Concatenates two messages into one.

Syntax


void link(mp, bp)
register mblk_t * mp;
register mblk_t * bp;

Description

The linkb utility puts the message pointed to by the bp parameter at the tail of the message pointed to by the mp parameter. This results in a single message.

Parameters


mp Specifies the message to which the second message is to be linked.
bp Specifies the message that is to be linked to the end of first message.

Implementation Specifics

This utility is part of STREAMS Kernel Extensions.

Related Information

The unlinkb utility.

List of Streams Programming References and Understanding STREAMS Messages in AIX 5L Version 5.1 Communications Programming Concepts.


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