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zmq_ctx_get(3)
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NAME
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zmq_ctx_get - get context options


SYNOPSIS
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*int zmq_ctx_get (void '*context', int 'option_name');*


DESCRIPTION
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The _zmq_ctx_get()_ function shall return the option specified by the
'option_name' argument.

The _zmq_ctx_get()_ function accepts the following option names:


ZMQ_IO_THREADS: Get number of I/O threads
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_IO_THREADS' argument returns the size of the 0MQ thread pool
for this context.

ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS: Set maximum number of sockets
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS' argument returns the maximum number of sockets
allowed for this context.


RETURN VALUE
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The _zmq_ctx_get()_ function returns a value of 0 or greater if successful.
Otherwise it returns `-1` and sets 'errno' to one of the values defined
below.


ERRORS
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*EINVAL*::
The requested option _option_name_ is unknown.


EXAMPLE
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.Setting a limit on the number of sockets
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void *context = zmq_ctx_new ();
zmq_ctx_get (context, ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS, 256);
int max_sockets = zmq_ctx_get (context, ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS);
assert (max_sockets == 256);
----


SEE ALSO
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linkzmq:zmq_ctx_set[3]
linkzmq:zmq[7]


AUTHORS
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This 0MQ manual page was written by Pieter Hintjens <[e-mail]>

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
rbczmq-1.7.1	ext/zeromq/doc/zmq_ctx_get.txt
rbczmq-1.7.0	ext/zeromq/doc/zmq_ctx_get.txt
rbczmq-1.6.4	ext/zeromq/doc/zmq_ctx_get.txt