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A message queue program that shows a client server implementation

A message queue program that shows a client server implementation
this is the reciever program using Message Queues

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>

struct my_msg_st {
        long int my_msg_type;
        char some_text[BUFSIZ]; };

int main(void)
{
        int running = 1;
	int msgid;
	struct my_msg_st some_data;
	long int msg_to_recieve = 0;

	/* Let us set up the message queue */
	msgid = msgget((key_t)1234, 0666 | IPC_CREAT);

	if (msgid == -1) {
	  perror("msgget failed with error");
	  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	/* Then the messages are retrieved from the queue, until an end message is 
	 * encountered. lastly the message queue is deleted
	 */

	while(running) {
	  if (msgrcv(msgid, (void *)&some_data, BUFSIZ, 
		     msg_to_recieve, 0) == -1) {
	    perror("msgcrv failed with error");
	    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	  }
	  printf("You wrote: %s", some_data.some_text);
	  if (strncmp(some_data.some_text, "end", 3) == 0) {
	    running = 0;
	  }
	}

	if (msgctl(msgid, IPC_RMID, 0) == -1) {
	  perror("msgctl(IPC_RMID) failed");
	  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}