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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
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diff --git a/man3/ftok.3 b/man3/ftok.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 258276c..0000000 --- a/man3/ftok.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,110 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 1993 Giorgio Ciucci (giorgio@crcc.it) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" Modified 2001-11-28, by Michael Kerrisk, <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> -.\" Changed data type of proj_id; minor fixes -.\" aeb: further fixes; added notes. -.\" -.TH ftok 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -ftok \- convert a pathname and a project identifier to a System V IPC key -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <sys/ipc.h> -.fi -.P -.BI "key_t ftok(const char *" pathname ", int " proj_id ); -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.BR ftok () -function uses the identity of the file named by the given -.I pathname -(which must refer to an existing, accessible file) -and the least significant 8 bits of -.I proj_id -(which must be nonzero) to generate a -.I key_t -type System V IPC key, suitable for use with -.BR msgget (2), -.BR semget (2), -or -.BR shmget (2). -.P -The resulting value is the same for all pathnames that -name the same file, when the same value of -.I proj_id -is used. -The value returned should be different when the -(simultaneously existing) files or the project IDs differ. -.SH RETURN VALUE -On success, the generated -.I key_t -value is returned. -On failure \-1 is returned, with -.I errno -indicating the error as for the -.BR stat (2) -system call. -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR ftok () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2008. -.SH HISTORY -POSIX.1-2001. -.SH NOTES -On some ancient systems, the prototype was: -.P -.in +4n -.EX -.BI "key_t ftok(char *" pathname ", char " proj_id ); -.EE -.in -.P -Today, -.I proj_id -is an -.IR int , -but still only 8 bits are used. -Typical usage has an ASCII character -.IR proj_id , -that is why the behavior is said to be undefined when -.I proj_id -is zero. -.P -Of course, no guarantee can be given that the resulting -.I key_t -is unique. -Typically, a best-effort attempt combines the given -.I proj_id -byte, the lower 16 bits of the inode number, and the -lower 8 bits of the device number into a 32-bit result. -Collisions may easily happen, for example between files on -.I /dev/hda1 -and files on -.IR /dev/sda1 . -.SH EXAMPLES -See -.BR semget (2). -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR msgget (2), -.BR semget (2), -.BR shmget (2), -.BR stat (2), -.BR sysvipc (7) |