NAME
    PutMsg -- put a message to a message port

SYNOPSIS
    PutMsg(port, message)
           A0    A1

    void PutMsg(struct MsgPort *, struct Message *);

FUNCTION
    This function attaches a message to the end of a given message port.
    It provides a fast, non-copying message sending mechanism.

    Messages can be attached to only one port at a time.  The message
    body can be of any size or form.  Because messages are not copied,
    cooperating tasks share the same message memory.  The sender task
    must not recycle the message until it has been replied by the
    receiver.  Of course this depends on the message handling conventions
    setup by the involved tasks.  If the ReplyPort field is non-zero,
    when the message is replied by the receiver, it will be sent back to
    that port.

    Any one of the following actions can be set to occur when a message
    is put:

            1. no special action
            2. signal a given task (specified by MP_SIGTASK)
            3. cause a software interrupt (specified by MP_SIGTASK)

    The action is selected depending on the value found in the MP_FLAGS
    of the destination port.

IMPLEMENTATION
    1.  Sets the LN_TYPE field to "NT_MESSAGE".
    2.  Attaches the message to the destination port.
    3.  Performs the specified arrival action at the destination.

INPUT
    port - pointer to a message port
    message - pointer to a message

SEE ALSO
    GetMsg, ReplyMsg, exec/ports.h

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