Sends a message on a stream in the reverse direction.
void qreply (q, bp) register queue_t *q; register mblk_t *bp;
The qreply utility sends the message pointed to by the bp parameter either up or down the stream-in the reverse direction from the queue pointed to by the q parameter. The utility does this by locating the partner of the queue specified by the q parameter (see the OTHERQ utility), and then calling the put procedure of that queue's neighbor (as in the putnext utility). The qreply utility is typically used to send back a response (M_IOCACK or M_IOCNAK message) to an M_IOCTL message.
| q | Specifies which queue to send the message up or down. |
| bp | Specifies the message to send. |
This utility is part of STREAMS Kernel Extensions.
The OTHERQ utility, putnext utility.
List of Streams Programming References and Understanding STREAMS Messages in AIX Version 4.3 Communications Programming Concepts.