the moves now make it to the frontend

i know the issue which exists, where the server can't handle the request
if i reload the page

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ipc.c b/src/ipc.c
index efdb8ce..a55e22e 100644
--- a/src/ipc.c
+++ b/src/ipc.c
@@ -21,8 +21,19 @@ char* read_queue(mqd_t target) {
   return buf;
 }
 
-void send_queue(mqd_t target, const char* msg) {
-  mq_send(target, msg, sizeof(msg), 0);
+void send_queue(mqd_t target, const char* msg, int n) {
+  mq_send(target, msg, n, 0);
+}
+
+int get_num_messages(mqd_t target) {
+  struct mq_attr target_attr;
+
+  if (mq_getattr(target, &target_attr) == -1) {
+      perror("mq_getattr");
+      exit(1);
+  }
+
+  return target_attr.mq_curmsgs;
 }
 
 #endif // IPC_C