From 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:22 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/man3/ftok.3 | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 110 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man3/ftok.3 (limited to 'man/man3/ftok.3') diff --git a/man/man3/ftok.3 b/man/man3/ftok.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8df38d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/ftok.3 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 1993 Giorgio Ciucci (giorgio@crcc.it) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" Modified 2001-11-28, by Michael Kerrisk, +.\" Changed data type of proj_id; minor fixes +.\" aeb: further fixes; added notes. +.\" +.TH ftok 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.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 +.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) -- cgit v1.2.3