Ixp_sendmsg, ixp_recvmsg
#include <ixp.h> uint ixp_sendmsg(int fd, IxpMsg *msg); uint ixp_recvmsg(int fd, IxpMsg *msg);
These functions read and write messages to and from the given file descriptors.
ixp_sendmsg writes the data at msg->pos upto msg->end. If the call returns non-zero, all data is assured to have been written.
ixp_recvmsg first reads a 32 bit, little-endian length from fd and then reads a message of that length (including the 4 byte size specifier) into the buffer at msg->data, so long as the size is less than msg->size.
These functions return the number of bytes read or written, or 0 on error. Errors are stored in ixp_errbuf(3).