03-23-2010
ftok system call
In the system call msgget(key,mode) for the argument key i want to use ftok call . I am really confused with the argument pathname in ftok call. I want to know the pathname of which file I want to specify over there. I am just a beginer to advanced unix plz help me out.
Last edited by jimmyuk; 03-23-2010 at 01:57 AM..
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FTOK(3) Linux Programmer's Manual FTOK(3)
NAME
ftok - convert a pathname and a project identifier to a System V IPC key
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
key_t ftok(const char *pathname, int proj_id);
DESCRIPTION
The ftok() function uses the identity of the file named by the given pathname (which must refer to an existing, accessible file) and the
least significant 8 bits of proj_id (which must be nonzero) to generate a key_t type System V IPC key, suitable for use with msgget(2),
semget(2), or shmget(2).
The resulting value is the same for all pathnames that name the same file, when the same value of proj_id is used. The value returned
should be different when the (simultaneously existing) files or the project IDs differ.
RETURN VALUE
On success, the generated key_t value is returned. On failure -1 is returned, with errno indicating the error as for the stat(2) system
call.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
+----------+---------------+---------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+----------+---------------+---------+
|ftok() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
+----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
NOTES
On some ancient systems, the prototype was:
key_t ftok(char *pathname, char proj_id);
Today, proj_id is an int, but still only 8 bits are used. Typical usage has an ASCII character proj_id, that is why the behavior is said
to be undefined when proj_id is zero.
Of course, no guarantee can be given that the resulting key_t is unique. Typically, a best-effort attempt combines the given 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 /dev/hda1 and files on /dev/sda1.
SEE ALSO
msgget(2), semget(2), shmget(2), stat(2), svipc(7)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
GNU
2015-08-08 FTOK(3)