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This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!) avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long. Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been insane otherwise.
86 lines
2.8 KiB
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86 lines
2.8 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1994 SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert <tholo@sigmasoft.com>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 24, 1994
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.Os
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.Dt ftok 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ftok
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.Nd create IPC identifier from path name
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/ipc.h>
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.Ft key_t
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.Fn ftok "const char *path" "int id" ;
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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This function is available from the compatibility library, libcompat.
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.Ef
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The
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.Fn ftok
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function attempts to create a unique key suitable for use with the
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.Xr msgget 3 ,
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.Xr semget 2
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and
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.Xr shmget 2
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functions given the
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.Fa path
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of an existing file and a user-selectable
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.Fa id .
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.Pp
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The specified
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.Fa path
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must specify an existing file that is accessible to the calling process
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or the call will fail. Also, note that links to files will return the
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same key, given the same
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.Fa id .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn ftok
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function will return -1 if
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.Fa path
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does not exist or if it cannot be accessed by the calling process.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr semget 2 ,
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.Xr shmget 2 ,
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.Xr msgget 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn ftok
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function originates with System V and is typically used by programs
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that use the System V IPC routines.
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.Sh AUTHOR
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.Bl -tag
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Thorsten Lockert <tholo@sigmasoft.com>
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.El
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.Sh BUGS
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The returned key is computed based on the device minor number and inode of the
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specified
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.Fa path
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in combination with the lower 8 bits of the given
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.Fa id .
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Thus it is quite possible for the routine to return duplicate keys.
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