int main() {
 
 
 
	//establish the character array to be passed around
	int msgSize = 1024;
 
	char charArray[msgSize];
 
	clock_t timeStampBegin;
 
	clock_t timeStampEnd;
 
 
 
	key_t key = 1234; /* key to be passed to msgget() */ 
 
	int msqid; /* return value from msgget() */ 
 
 
 
	//establish the message queue and make sure that it properly established
 
	if ((msqid = msgget(key, IPC_CREAT)) == 1) {
 
		perror("msgget: msgget failed");
 
		//exit(1);
 
	} else {
 
		(void) fprintf(stderr, "msgget succeeded\n"); 
 
	}
 
	//Take an initial timestamp
 
	timeStampBegin = clock();
	//printf("\nTimeStampBegin = %d\n", timeStampBegin);
 
	//int msgsnd(int msqid, const void *msgp, size_t msgsz, int msgflg)
 
	int amountSent = msgsnd(1234, &charArray, msgSize, 0);
	printf("%d bytes were sent", amountSent);
 
 
 
	if(fork() == 0) {
 
	//this is the child, this is the one that we want to recieve the info.
		char recievedArray[100000];
 
		if((size_t)msgSize == msgrcv(1234, &recievedArray, msgSize, 0, 0))
			printf("Mesage was recieved");
		timeStampEnd = clock();
		//printf("Time for transit of size %d = %f", msgSize, (double)(timeStampEnd-timeStampBegin));
 
	}
 
	printf("\n");
 
	return 0;
 
 
 
}

msgget succeeded
-1 bytes were sent
-1 bytes were sent