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Create token from filename
Source position: ipc.pp line 196
| function ftok( | 
| Path: PChar; | 
| ID: cint | 
| ):TKey; | 
ftok returns a key that can be used in a semgetshmget or msgget call to access a new or existing IPC resource.
Path is the name of a file in the file system, ID is a character of your choice. The ftok call does the same as it's C couterpart, so a pascal program and a C program will access the same resource if they use the same Path and ID
For an example, see msgctl, semctl or shmctl.
ftok returns -1 if the file in Path doesn't exist.
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 | Return the ID of a semaphore set, possibly creating the set | |
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 | Return the ID of a shared memory block, possibly creating it | |
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 | Return message queue ID, possibly creating the queue |