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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 17:07:44 +0000
From: Ron Steele <rjs@clark.net>
Subject: HP ftok() equivalent
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I am porting some software from HP-UX to FreeBSD.  The HP application
uses a function called ftok() to generate a unique interger based
on a file path.  This number is used to generate a key for message queues,
thus allowing processes that know this file name to communicate.

I can't seem to find this function in FreeBSD, is there something
simular available?