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<h2>mach_port_status</h2>
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<strong>Structure</strong> - Used to present a port's current status with respect to various important attributes.
<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
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<strong>struct mach_port_status</strong>
<strong>{</strong>
       <strong>mach_port_rights_t</strong>         <var>mps_pset</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>mach_port_seqno_t</strong>         <var>mps_seqno</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>mach_port_mscount_t</strong>     <var>mps_mscount</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>mach_port_msgcount_t</strong>     <var>mps_qlimit</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>mach_port_msgcount_t</strong>   <var>mps_msgcount</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>mach_port_rights_t</strong>     <var>mps_sorights</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>boolean_t</strong>               <var>mps_srights</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>boolean_t</strong>             <var>mps_pdrequest</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>boolean_t</strong>             <var>mps_nsrequest</var><strong>;</strong>
       <strong>unsigned int</strong>              <var>mps_flags</var><strong>;</strong>
<strong>};</strong>

<strong>typedef struct mach_port_status mach_port_status_t;</strong>
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<h3>FIELDS</h3>
<dl>
<dt> <var>mps_pset</var>
<dd>
Count of containing psets.
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<dt> <var>mps_seqno</var>
<dd>
Current sequence number for the port.
     <p>
     <dt> <var>mps_mscount</var>
	  <dd>
	       Make-send count.
	       <p>
<dt> <var>mps_msgcount</var>
<dd>
     Upper limit for the number of messages that may be queued to the port
     before the system blocks send operations.
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<dt> <var>mps_msgcount</var>
<dd>
     Number of messages currently queued on the port.
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<dt> <var>mps_sorights</var>
<dd>
     How many send-once rights.
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<dt> <var>mps_srights</var>
<dd>
     Specifies whether or not send rights exist for the port (in this or any other task).
     <p>
<dt> <var>mps_pdrequest</var>
<dd>
     Specifies whether or not a port-deleted notification has been requested.
     <p>
<dt> <var>mps_nsrequest</var>
<dd>
     True if no-senders notification requested.
     <p>
<dt> <var>mps_flags</var>
<dd>
     Flags associated with the port.
</dl>
<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
<p>
The <strong>mach_port_status</strong> structure is used to provide
information about a port in response to an invocation of the
<strong>mach_port_get_attributes</strong> interface.
<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
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Functions:
<a href="mach_port_get_attributes.html"><strong>mach_port_get_attributes</strong></a>.